Alina Schmitz
@alinaschmitz.bsky.social
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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
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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).
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New publication co-authored with Frank Micheel & Martina Brandt out in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly: Enabling Factors and Barriers to Volunteering (Potentials) in the Second Half of Life: The Role of Gender and Informal Caregiving in Germany

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Glückwunsch!!! 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈
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Eine häufig gehörte Unterstellung ist, dass sich #Arbeit für Bezieher*innen von #Bürgergeld nicht mehr lohne. Eine neue Studie unseres @wsiinstitut.bsky.social beweist das Gegenteil und liefert Zahlen zu allen 400 deutschen Landkreisen und kreisfreien Städten: www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...
Text: Mindestlohn vs. Bürgergeld I Neue WSI-Studie zeigt: Arbeit lohnt sich. Durchschnittliches Einkommensplus im Monat für verschiedene Haushalte bei einem Job mit Mindestlohn gegenüber Bürgergeld. Die Grafik zeigt zum einen eine alleinstehende Person, die bei Vollzeit-Arbeit zum Mindestlohn ein monatliches Einkommensplus von 557 Euro hat. Eine alleinerziehende Person mit Kind hat ein Einkommensplus von 749 Euro gegenüber bloßem Bürgergeld-Bezug – und ein Ehepaar mit zwei Kindern, wovon eine Person Vollzeit arbeitet, verzeichnet ein monatliches Einkommensplus von 660 Euro. Quelle: WSI Policy Brief Nr. 90, 08/2025
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🚨 New paper out!
Does your parents’ education still shape your income later in life?

I analyzed older workers (50–65) in 8 European countries using SHARE data.

Findings: In conservative welfare regimes, family background still affects income. In social-democratic regimes, no such link was found.
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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So…what’s the latest in health research in the US?

Excellent overview from @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social

Watching this play out, I’ve been too sad to write much myself. I’m grateful to them for continuing to tell what’s happening

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NIH: The quiet engine of science is being dismantled
And what you can do
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#Frauen sind im Alter durchschnittlich weniger sozial integriert – besonders dort, wo viel #Betreuungsarbeit auf ihnen lastet. Das zeigt eine internationale Vergleichsstudie in 21 Ländern unter Beteiligung von Demograph:innen der ÖAW. Mehr dazu ⤵️
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Frauen über 50 in Europa sozial weniger integriert
Eine internationale Vergleichsstudie in 21 Ländern unter Beteiligung von Demograph:innen der ÖAW zeigt: Frauen sind im Alter durchschnittlich weniger sozial integriert – besonders dort, wo viel Betreu...
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🚨4 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in Demography at the Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati" of the University of Bologna 🚨

The research activity will focus on contemporary fertility and family dynamics.

Deadline: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

More information:
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Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 4 contratti di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche "Paolo Fortunati" - SSD STAT-03/A - GSD 13/S...
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📄 New publication in @socialindicators.bsky.social introducing a Social Integration Index for older Europeans using #SHAREdata 👇
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📑 New publication in Social Indicators Research:
"Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes"

Social integration plays a vital role in the health and longevity of older adults, yet a comparative European measurement tool has been lacking.
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@socialindicators.bsky.social, @share-eric.bsky.social, #socialintegration #gender #socialpolicy #populationaging
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📖 New Publication: "Introducing the social integration index for older Europeans: The role of gender and care regimes"! Insights from #MichalLevinsky, @melwagner.bsky.social, @alinaschmitz.bsky.social et al. based on the newly adapted Social Integration Index.
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These findings suggest that traditional caregiving roles may restrict women's opportunities for broader social engagement. The gender gap in social integration varies by context, which highlights the need for policies tailored to specific care systems.