Search Results - "Strauss, Susanne"

Why do occupations dominated by women pay less?: How 'female-typical' work tasks and working-time arrangements affect the gender wage gap among higher education graduates by Leuze, Kathrin, Strauß, Susanne

“…Even though women today constitute the majority of higher education graduates, they still earn considerably less than their male counterparts. Previous…”
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Long-Term Trends in the Gender Income Gap within Couples: West Germany, 1978–2011 by Haupt, Andreas, Strauß, Susanne

“…Abstract Coupled women typically have lower earnings than their male partners. This gender income gap within couples has declined over time, but we lack…”
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The influence of gender composition in a field of study on students' drop‐out of higher education by Meyer, Jasmin, Strauß, Susanne

“…Abstract Combining Tinto's classical model of student drop‐out with Kanter's assessment of minorities, this article examines the influence of gender…”
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Linked lives, linked retirement? Relative income differences within couples and gendered retirement decisions in Europe by Bertogg, Ariane, Strauß, Susanne, Vandecasteele, Leen

“…Our article investigates the role of relative income distributions within couples for individuals' retirement risks. It addresses the following questions: How…”
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Does raising awareness about inequality decrease support for school closures? An information treatment survey experiment during the COVID-19 pandemic by Bellani, Luna, Bertogg, Ariane, Kulic, Nevena, Strauss, Susanne

“…The increase in inequalities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been the topic of intense scholarly and public debate. School closures are one of the…”
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Empirical challenges in assessing the “leaky STEM pipeline”: how the research design affects the measurement of women’s underrepresentation in STEM by Stefani, Antje, Minor, Ralf, Leuze, Kathrin, Strauss, Susanne

“…Background Despite a well-documented underrepresentation of women in STEM majors and occupations, empirical evidence on whether there really is a “leaky STEM…”
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Female-typical subjects and their effect on wage inequalities among higher education graduates in Germany by Leuze, Kathrin, Strauß, Susanne

“…In the search for an explanation of wage inequalities between men and women, it is often argued that women's disadvantages on the labour market are the result…”
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Biografische Einflussfaktoren auf den Gender Pension Gap – Ein Kohortenvergleich für Westdeutschland by Frommert, Dina, Strauß, Susanne

“…Societal changes, such as the increasing number of divorces and the high proportion of non-married couples, lead to a rising importance of individual old-age…”
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Why do women opt for gender-atypical fields of study? The increasing role of income motivation over time by Galos, Diana Roxana, Strauss, Susanne

“…Gender segregation in fields of study represents an important explanation for gender inequalities in the labor market, such as the gender wage gap. Research…”
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Does context matter? The gendered impact of study conditions on dropout intentions from higher education by Marczuk, Anna, Strauss, Susanne

“…This paper aims to understand how study conditions impact men and women’s dropout intentions differently. As a first step, we analyse the gendered impact of…”
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Discrimination or a Competitive Climate? Why Women Cannot Translate Their Better High School Grades into University Grades by Galos, Diana Roxana, Strauss, Susanne, Hinz, Thomas

“…While girls have better grades than boys in high school, this does not translate into better performance of young women, as compared to young men, in…”
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Protected through Part-time Employment? Labor Market Status, Domestic Responsibilities, and the Life Satisfaction of German Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Bertogg, Ariane, Kulic, Nevena, Strauss, Susanne

“…Abstract The COVID-19 lockdown measures have challenged individuals to reconcile employment, childcare, and housework. This article addresses whether these…”
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Work–family balance in the second half of life: Caregivers' decisions regarding retirement and working time reduction in Europe by Bertogg, Ariane, Nazio, Tiziana, Strauss, Susanne

“…This article investigates how different types of informal caregiving – upward, lateral and downward – impact men's and women's decisions to retire or to reduce…”
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Erratum to: Protected through Part-time Employment? Labor Market Status, Domestic Responsibilities, and the Life Satisfaction of German Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Bertogg, Ariane, Kulic, Nevena, Strauss, Susanne

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Individual Achievement, Person-Major Fit, or Social Expectations: Why Do Students Switch Majors in German Higher Education? by Meyer, Jasmin, Leuze, Kathrin, Strauss, Susanne

“…While a large body of research addresses both subject choice and student dropout in higher education, much less is known about switching the initially chosen…”
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Productive Ageing Regimes in Europe: Welfare State Typologies Explaining Elderly Europeans’ Participation in Paid and Unpaid Work by Strauss, Susanne, Trommer, Kathrin

“…The share of elderly in European populations has grown and these elderly are living healthier and longer lives. Policy makers in Europe have accordingly…”
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Erratum to: Protected through Part-time Employment? by Bertogg, Ariane, Kulic, Nevena, Strauss, Susanne

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Economic disturbances in the COVID-19 crisis and their gendered impact on unpaid activities in Germany and Italy by Kulic, Nevena, Dotti Sani, Giulia M., Strauss, Susanne, Bellani, Luna

“…This article investigates whether changes in women's and men's contributions to household income in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic are…”
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Volunteering in Germany and Great Britain -- Spring-Board Back to the Labor Market? by Strauss, Susanne

“…The article examines the influence of volunteering on re-employment chances of the unemployed in Germany & Great Britain. On the basis of the German…”
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Further Education of Higher Education Graduates - the More, the Better? by Strauss, Susanne, Leuze, Kathrin

“…In times of rapid technological and organisational change, it is argued that lifelong further education becomes more and more important for labour market…”
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