Zugangschancen, wohnortnahe Versorgung und schließlich auch Gesundheit selbst, sind höchst ungleich verteilte Güter. Das zeigt sich beispielsweise im Unterschied der Lebenserwartung. Denn längst ist wissenschaftlich erwiesen: Wer arm oder wenig gebildet ist, wird öfter krank und stirbt...

The aim of the conference is to present preliminary findings from the research unit “Horizontal Europeanization” to colleagues working on the sociology of Europe in Germany and abroad, and to discuss our empirical results with them. The conference will have the character of a workshop. It...

Sir Richard Blundell will discuss the ways in which people decide on different options, which criteria weigh in on decisions, how individual wages relate to household income, and which role savings have for these decisions. Sir Richard Blundell is Professor of Political Economy at University...

The conference participants will present and discuss new theoretical approaches and empirical insights into the structuring role of occupations on social stratification and inequality processes. We particularly invite papers dealing with one of the following questions: - How important are...

The Conference will focus on two main challenges: Economic growth and inequality. Promoting high and socially inclusive growth has been a key issue on the European political agenda since many years. However, economic developments have also affected the distribution of income and wealth, with...

The topic of the 2017 edition of the school will be the dynamics of inequality, and the convenors will be two distinguished scholars on this topic: - Uwe Sunde, Professor of Economics, University of Munich - Matteo Cervellati, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna. The school will...

Here are some more examples reflecting the permutation between wealth, power and knowledge from a PPE perspective. 1) How do we transform knowledge into wealth and power? - Data ethics: transparency and the right to privacy and informational self-determination. - Political entrepreneurs: Right-...

Die Möglichkeit des sozialen Aufstiegs war eines der zentralen Versprechen der »alten« BRD – und tatsächlich wurde es meistens eingelöst: Aus dem Käfer wurde ein Audi, aus Facharbeiterkindern Akademiker. Mittlerweile ist der gesellschaftliche Fahrstuhl stecken geblieben: Uniabschlüsse...

The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers working in these fields and to foster a better understanding of individual (demographic) behaviors, the different outcomes of these behaviors, and how both, demographic processes and their consequences, affect social stratification and...

Vom 27. und 28. Februar 2017 findet wieder der jährliche deutschsprachige Einführungskurs zur Analyse der SOEP-Daten im DIW Berlin statt. Neben Plenarveranstaltungen mit Vorträgen zu Inhalt, Struktur und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten der SOEP-Daten, Hochrechnung und Gewichtung wird der Schwerpunkt...