Recent studies provide empirical evidence on persistence of horizontal inequality of field of study depending on eligible individuals' social origin. In this article we explore the question why there is a correlation between social origin and choice of field of study. Using data from the Saxon...

There are two broad trends in industrialised countries motivating this paper: On the one hand, the life phase between youth and adulthood has prolonged and diversified; on the other hand, entering the labour market has become more complex and insecure. In this paper we combine two aspects of these...

So außerordentlich die Covid-19-Pandemie ist: Die Ungleichheiten, die die Strategien zu ihrer Eindämmung erzeugen, sind keine Ausnahme. Auch in Normalzeiten gibt es ein globales Ungleichgewicht bei der Priorisierung von Krankheiten.