@article{HippBuenning2020, author = {Hipp, Lena and B{\"u}nning, Mareike}, title = {Parenthood as a driver of increased genderinequality during COVID-19?}, series = {European societies}, volume = {23}, journal = {European societies}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {London}, issn = {1461-6696}, doi = {10.1080/14616696.2020.1833229}, pages = {S658 -- S673}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Drawing on three waves of survey data from a non-probability sample from Germany, this paper examines two opposing expectations about the pandemic's impacts on gender equality: The optimistic view suggests that gender equality has increased, as essential workers in Germany have been predominantly female and as fathers have had more time for childcare. The pessimistic view posits that lockdowns have also negatively affected women's jobs and that mothers had to shoulder the additional care responsibilities. Overall, our exploratory analyses provide more evidence supporting the latter view. Parents were more likely than non-parents to work fewer hours during the pandemic than before, and mothers were more likely than fathers to work fewer hours once lockdowns were lifted. Moreover, even though parents tended to divide childcare more evenly, at least temporarily, mothers still shouldered more childcare work than fathers. The division of housework remained largely unchanged. It is therefore unsurprising that women, in particular mothers, reported lower satisfaction during the observation period. Essential workers experienced fewer changes in their working lives than respondents in other occupations.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Kaliga2017, author = {Kaliga, Sarah Ninette}, title = {Eine Frage der Zeit. Wie Einfl{\"u}sse individueller Merkmale auf Einkommen bei Frauen {\"u}ber ihre famili{\"a}ren Verpflichtungen vermittelt werden}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-407353}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {259}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit mit dem Titel „Eine Frage der Zeit. Wie Einfl{\"u}sse individueller Merkmale auf Einkommen bei Frauen {\"u}ber ihre famili{\"a}ren Verpflichtungen vermittelt werden" geht der Frage der Heterogenit{\"a}t bei weiblichen Einkommensergebnissen nach. Dabei steht die Thematik der individuellen Investitionen in die famili{\"a}re Arbeit als erkl{\"a}render Faktor im Vordergrund und es wird der Frage nachgegangen, warum die einen Frauen viele und andere weniger h{\"a}usliche Verpflichtungen {\"u}bernehmen. Hierf{\"u}r werden das individuelle Humankapital der Frauen, ihre Werteorientierungen und individuelle berufliche Motivationen aus der Jugendzeit und im Erwachsenenalter herangezogen. Die analysierten Daten (Daten der LifE-Studie) repr{\"a}sentieren eine Langzeitperspektive vom 16. bis zum 45. Lebensjahr der befragten Frauen. Zusammenfassend kann im Ergebnis gezeigt werden, dass ein Effekt famili{\"a}rer Verpflichtungen auf Einkommensergebnisse bei Frauen im fr{\"u}hen und mittleren Erwachsenenalter als Zeiteffekt {\"u}ber die investierte Erwerbsarbeitszeit vermittelt wird. Die Relevanz privater Routinearbeiten f{\"u}r Berufserfolge von Frauen und insbesondere M{\"u}ttern stellt somit eine Frage der Zeit dar. Weiterhin kann f{\"u}r individuelle Einfl{\"u}sse auf Einkommen bei Frauen gezeigt werden, dass h{\"o}here zeitliche Investitionen in den Beruf von Frauen mit hohem Bildungsniveau als indirect-only-Mediation nur {\"u}ber die Umverteilung h{\"a}uslicher Arbeiten erkl{\"a}rbar werden. Frauen sind demnach zwar Gewinnerinnen der Bildungsexpansion. Die Bildungsexpansion stellt jedoch auch die Geschichte der Entstehung eines Vereinbarkeitskonflikts f{\"u}r eben diese Frauen dar, weil die bis heute virulenten Beharrungskr{\"a}fte hinsichtlich der Frauen zugeschriebenen famili{\"a}ren Verpflichtungen mit ihren gestiegenen beruflichen Erwartungen und Chancen kollidieren. Die Arbeit leistet in ihren Analyseresultaten einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Erkl{\"a}rung heterogener Investitionen von Frauen in den Beruf und ihrer Einkommensergebnisse aus dem Privaten heraus.}, language = {de} } @article{Scheiner2012, author = {Scheiner, Ricarda}, title = {Birth weight and sucrose responsiveness predict cognitive skills of honeybee foragers}, series = {Animal behaviour}, volume = {84}, journal = {Animal behaviour}, number = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {London}, issn = {0003-3472}, doi = {10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.011}, pages = {305 -- 308}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Honeybees, Apis mellifera, can differ considerably in their birth weights but the consequences of these weight differences for behaviour are unknown. I investigated how these birth weight differences affected their cognitive skills when the bees reached foraging age. Individual sucrose responsiveness measured by the proboscis extension response is a strong determinant of appetitive olfactory learning performance in honeybees. Most of the observed learning differences between individuals or between genetic bee strains correlate with differences in their sucrose responsiveness. My second aim was therefore to investigate whether the sucrose responsiveness of newly emerged bees could predict the learning behaviour of the bees 3 weeks later. Both birth weight and sucrose responsiveness measured at emergence could predict olfactory learning scores as demonstrated by significant positive correlations. Heavy bees and bees with high sucrose responsiveness later learned better than lighter individuals or bees with lower responsiveness to sucrose at emergence. These results demonstrate for the first time a fundamental relationship between sensory responsiveness and morphology at emergence and later cognitive skills in insects. Because sensory responsiveness is closely linked to division of labour in honeybees, differences in weight and sucrose responsiveness at emergence might be involved in regulating division of labour.}, language = {en} }