Empirical evidence on couples’ decision making has shown that the partners’ sharing of resources (particularly of time and money) is driven by their respective bargaining positions and gender role behaviour. Against the background of an asymmetric specialisation risk carried by the person...

In the context of ongoing demographic and economic change, the full exploitation of resources in terms of the productive use of acquired qualifications is a vital challenge. Overeducation is adverse to this aim. It occurs if individuals attained a higher level of education than is required in...

Couple decisions can have diverging consequences for the individual partners, particularly in the middle or long run. When specializing on unpaid care work, and thereby withdrawing from the labour market, women often incur financial risks that may threaten their material security at presence as...

In this paper, we use GSOEP data to explore whether parents' employment has an extra effect on the school achievement of their children, beyond the well-established effects of education, income and demography. First, we test whether the source of income or parents' unemployment determine...

In this paper, we use SOEP data to explore whether parents’ employment has an extra effect on the school achievement of their children, beyond the well‐established effects of education, income and demography. First, we test whether the source of income or parents’ unemployment determine...

Germany's occupational and sectoral change towards a knowledge-based economy calls for high returns on education. Nevertheless, female graduates are paid much less than their male counterparts. We find an overall unadjusted gender pay gap among German graduates of 27 %. This corresponds to an...

Die mit dem Begriff "demografischer Wandel" bezeichneten Entwicklungsprozesse in Bevölkerungszahl und Bevölkerungsstruktur werden Deutschland nachhaltig und weitreichend verändern. Deutschland wird schrumpfen, altern und aufgrund des zunehmenden Anteils der Bevölkerungsgruppen mit...