Alina Schmitz
@alinaschmitz.bsky.social
Sociologist, PostDoc at TU Dortmund
https://sag.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/professur/team/alina-schmitz
Topics: inequalities in health and well-being, lifecourse, ageing, gender, social policy
https://sag.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/professur/team/alina-schmitz
Topics: inequalities in health and well-being, lifecourse, ageing, gender, social policy
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November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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If you are interested in our thoughts on intergenerational educational mobility as a new category of social inequality in later life, the paper is available here (open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Children’s Upward Educational Mobility as a Booster for Parents’ Subjective Well-Being in Later Life - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
Many European countries have experienced sustained educational expansion. Although the subjective well-being of upwardly mobile individuals has been studied, less is known about the implications of in...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you are interested in our thoughts on intergenerational educational mobility as a new category of social inequality in later life, the paper is available here (open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The effect is strongest among lower-educated parents and increases with each additional upwardly mobile child. While emotional closeness and (financial) support matter for well-being overall, they do not fully explain this link.
October 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The effect is strongest among lower-educated parents and increases with each additional upwardly mobile child. While emotional closeness and (financial) support matter for well-being overall, they do not fully explain this link.
Using data from SHARE @share-eric.bsky.social, our study examines how children’s educational mobility relates to their parents’ life satisfaction. Parents with upwardly mobile children report higher life satisfaction than those with non-mobile children.
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Using data from SHARE @share-eric.bsky.social, our study examines how children’s educational mobility relates to their parents’ life satisfaction. Parents with upwardly mobile children report higher life satisfaction than those with non-mobile children.
We find that men have higher volunteering rates than women. However, a higher proportion of women express interest in volunteering. Higher informal care responsibilities among women partly explain gender inequalities in actual volunteering.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We find that men have higher volunteering rates than women. However, a higher proportion of women express interest in volunteering. Higher informal care responsibilities among women partly explain gender inequalities in actual volunteering.
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We examine potential and actual volunteering in middle and old age, focusing on gender inequalities and the potential barriers posed by informal caregiving. Data were drawn from the 2017 German Aging Survey (DEAS).
September 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We examine potential and actual volunteering in middle and old age, focusing on gender inequalities and the potential barriers posed by informal caregiving. Data were drawn from the 2017 German Aging Survey (DEAS).
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September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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July 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📄 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SocialInequality #WelfareStates #IntergenerationalMobility
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#SocialInequality #WelfareStates #IntergenerationalMobility
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Parental education and older workers’ income - Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Background This study examines whether parental education is related to income among older workers and whether this association varies across welfare regimes. While education is often viewed as a soci...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📄 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SocialInequality #WelfareStates #IntergenerationalMobility
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#SocialInequality #WelfareStates #IntergenerationalMobility
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