Research area Macrosociology and Social Inequality
The research area macrosociology and social inequality conducts research on gender inequality and other inequalities. The focus is on gender-specific inequalities in education and the labor market.
The main focus is on country comparisons and quantitative methods of social research.
Research is currently being carried out on an FWF-funded project on "Affluence and the gender gap in STEM study choices". Further informations
The research team is also looking at the following questions:
- Why do women choose STEM subjects less often than men?
- Is the gender gap in STEM subject choice greater in richer countries, and why?
- In the course of educational expansion, mothers are now more highly educated than in the past. What influence does this higher education of mothers have on the education of their sons and daughters?
- What is the impact of traditional gender role attitudes and norms on women's labor market participation, and to what extent is this effect context-dependent?
- To what extent can the increased labor market participation of women be attributed to the fact that women have caught up with and even overtaken men in terms of education?
- To what extent is the feminization of work a consequence of gender-specific STEM and non-STEM subject choices?
- Why do women earn less than men?
- To what extent is the 'migrant gap' in home ownership due to income differences and attitudes?
- How different are the attitudes of natives and migrants towards modern and traditional issues (such as abortion and religion) by education level and income class?
- To what extent can the increased educational homogamy (i.e. equal educational level of partners) be explained by an increased level of aspiration or increased structural 'supply' on the marriage market?
- What is the influence of increased educational homogamy of parents on the educational inequalities of children?
- To what extent do low-educated people hold different opinions and behave differently from highly educated people?
You can find further informations on the individual pages of the team members and under the publications tab.