For a change, something we made ourselves: Together with my colleagues Tobias Roth, Andreas Horr, and @nataliebackes.bsky.social, we examined ethnic rent penalties. Do migrants pay higher rents for comparable housing than natives with similar characteristics? direct.mit.edu/euso/article...
1/ Does growing up poor always lead to political apathy?
Very happy to share my first paper published (open access) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, where I show that parents' influence mitigates the poverty gap in participation, while economic mobility does not.
🔗 shorturl.at/p5Bac
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve received the CIDER Public Science Award for my DIW weekly report doi.org/10.18723/diw.... Huge thanks to my co-authors and to the @diw.de press office — your collaboration and support made this possible.
https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v13i2/3.1030
📢 Publication Alert!
Wir analysieren für alle Berliner Grundschulen von 2010 bis 2020, wie sich Wohn- und Schulsegregation entwickeln – und warum sich beide Systeme immer stärker entkoppeln, obwohl die Stadt durchmischter wird. 1/
(mit @taljab.bsky.social)
Open Access:
doi.org/10.36900/sub...
Visas are a key tool for states to regulate incoming mobility from abroad, which can have ramifications for the establishment and perpetuation of global inequalities. In this article, we systematically analyze visa appointment wait times in German embassies and consulates worldwide. Using computational methods, we collect—and publish—fine-grained longitudinal data on the closest available appointment dates for various visa types, covering a total of 16,182 visa appointment requests. Our analysis reveals strong and systematic variance: the poorer the country a diplomatic mission is based in, the longer the wait time and the lower the chances of finding an available appointment (which ranges from almost 0 to 100 percent). We also argue that Germany’s system is quite opaque compared to other established immigration countries such as the U.S. These core findings raise important questions in light of current debates about global justice, legal pathways to migration, and efforts to attract foreign talent.
Graph that shows that 44.1 percent of requests did not lead to an appointment that could be selected. For the 55.9 percent where an appointment was available the distribution of wait times follows a steep curve with short wait times in many cases and a long tail of few cases with very long wait times of up to 98 days.
The average wait times and chances to find an appointment varied a lot between Germany's diplomatic missions. The latter range from almost 0 to 100 percent.
This variance is not random. Rather, economic wellbeing (GDP per capita) is a key predictor of wait times and chances of finding an appointment. The poorer the country a German embassy/consulate is based in, the longer the wait time and the lower the chances of finding an appointment.
New #openaccess study
We made >16,000 visa appointment requests at German embassies and consulates worldwide
Key finding: The poorer the country, the longer the wait time and the lower the chance to get an appointment.
"A time panelty for the Global South?"
shorturl.at/ZiAFb
🗓️Register now for the 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference #SOEP2026 held in Berlin from July 8 to 9, 2026. This interdisciplinary conference provides a platform for researchers to present and discuss their work with peers. www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c....
Congratulation!
Hier unsere Studie: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Falls du eine der vielen anderen Studien die ich erwähnt habe meinst, dann schreib gerne nochmal. Danke für dein Interesse!
"Fehlzeiten sind besonders in den Klassen 1 und 6-10 schädlich für die Leistung in der Abschlussprüfung", sagt Jascha Dräger (jaschadraeger.bsky.social) vom Sozio-oekonomischen Panel am @diw.de in der neuesten Folge #TonspurWissen.
👉Jetzt reinhören: www.podcast.de/episode/6943...
📢 New in @sfjournal.bsky.social: We study how parental #education shapes children’s #cognitive development. Accounting for selective parenthood & grandparent & early parent characteristics, we find education largely reflects broader #intergenerational advantages. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
@leoroe.bsky.social finds no evidence that early adolescents spend less time on enrichment, physical activity, or sleep after acquiring their first mobile phone. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Podcast-Zitat von DIW-Bildungsforscher Jascha Dräger: “Personen, die mehr Fehlzeiten in der Schule hatten, haben als Erwachsene im Durchschnitt geringere Bildungsabschlüsse und ein geringeres Einkommen.”
DIW-Bildungsforscher @jaschadraeger.bsky.social hat anhand englischer Schuldaten erforscht, wie Fehlzeiten und Bildungserfolg zusammenhängen. Die Studie zeigt: Insbesondere Fehltage zwischen 6. und 10. Klasse wirken sich negativ auf die Abschlussnote aus. Zum Podcast: t.co/CrH1HsDStz
Infografik zum DIW Wochenbericht 34/2025: Beispiel England zeigt: Schüler*innen wiesen zuletzt mehr Fehltage auf als in früheren Zeiten – Effekt von verpasster Schulzeit auf Leistungen in Abschlussprüfungen ist messbar
Je häufiger Schüler*innen im Unterricht fehlen, desto schlechter fällt Ihre Abschlussnote aus. Das zeigt eine neue DIW-Studie anhand von Schuldaten aus England, wo Fehlzeiten und schulische Leistungen detailliert erfasst werden.🧵(1/4) www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... @uofglasgow.bsky.social
In meiner AG ist eine super Promotionsstelle zu besetzen ⬇️.
Bei Fragen gerne melden :).
just published (with a super team A Pietrolucci, @nrmllr.bsky.social, @jaschadraeger.bsky.social )
Association btw != wealth components & post-secondary enrollment (a comparison across many European countries)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#rc28 #inequality #wealth #TertiaryEducation #ieo
🔍Using linked survey & administrative school data from England & Wales
➡️ Absences in any school year are harmful for GCSE achievement.
➡️ Absences in years 1 and 6-10 are particularly harmful.
➡️ Both authorized (e.g., illness) and unauthorized (e.g., truancy) absences have similar negative effects.
🚨 New paper out in the American Educational Research Journal (w/ @markusklein.bsky.social & @esosu.bsky.social) 🚨
We analyzed whether pupil absences in different school-years are equally harmful for achievement at the end of compulsory schooling. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
Gerne Weiterleiten: Promotionsstelle ab Herbst 2025 in meinem DFG-Projekt zu In-Work Benefits und Aufstockern im SGB II. Im schönen Wiesbaden am Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung: www.bib.bund.de/DE/Institut/...
*The BREATHE project is hiring*
BREATHE is a new ANR project on air pollution, inequalities & child development in France.
We are a hiring a data manager at @ined.bsky.social (18 months contract) to link geocoded data to child-level admin & survey data. Deadline 8 May www.ined.fr/fichier/rte/...
For once a little bit of self promotion: interesting paper on M
mediation of parental social class via wealth transfers on homeownership by @jaschadraeger.bsky.social @nrmllr.bsky.social and myself www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wie Kinder in der Schule abschneiden, hängt stark von der sozialen Herkunft ab. Das hat DIW-Forscher @jaschadraeger.bsky.social untersucht. Besonders die Bildung der Eltern wirkt sich auf die Kompetenzen der Kinder aus. Gerade in Deutschland ist dieser Zusammenhang groß.
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Skipping small amounts of school can hurt GCSE results 📚
New research shows authorised school absences, even for health reasons, can significantly impact exam success.
Research by @strath-ioe.bsky.social & @diw.de 👏
Read tinyurl.com/yp3dbspr
#Attendance #GCSEs #School @dfedigital.bsky.social
🚨Job alert 🚨
I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸
The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Deadline is Feb 28!
@emmaischinsky.bsky.social und meine Studie zu den historischen Ursprüngen der heutigen größten deutschen privaten Vermögen kurz zusammengefasst als Infografik ☺️ hier der Link zur Studie: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
How early do socio-economic achievement gaps emerge? 🌍📚 Our study explores SES-achievement inequalities in young children just starting school, comparing France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and Japan.
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Eine erfolgreiche Verkehrswende und eine bessere Luftqualität könnten Ungleichheiten bei Bildung und Gesundheit verringern“, fasst Schmitz zusammen. Deshalb gelte es, den Effekt verkehrspolitischer Maßnahmen stets ganzheitlich zu betrachten. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... (4/4)
1 Postdoc (3 years) in my ERC DIGINEQ project!
At Centre for Demographic Studies & Dept. of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona
"Adolescent Well-Being; Social/Digital Inequalities; Computational Social Science"
Deadline: December 3
Apply & share!! ❤️🔥🔝
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKO526/p...
🚨 New report for the Nuffield Foundation
We dive into the growing issue of pupil absences in the UK, exploring its impact on educational and labour market outcomes, including the role of timing of absences, trajectories, and mechanisms.
Main report: shorturl.at/QWZqy
Exec summary: shorturl.at/zTUge
🚨 New preprint: Socioeconomic status, school absenteeism, and academic achievement: A causal mediation analysis
We found that early school absences account for 6.5% to 8.1% of SES-achievement gaps
osf.io/preprints/so...
w/ @jaschadraeger.bsky.social
