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How do European countries regulate the responsibilities of the various generations towards each other? What rights and services do they grant to families, children and older people – and which care duties are incumbent on the families? Answers to these questions can be found in a new WZB databank that covers childcare, education, family services, care giving and responsibilities for maintenance in 30 European countries. In it, more than 70 sociopolitical indicators for the years 2004 and 2009 are described and thoroughly documented.

The connection between demographic development and social inequality will be studied at the WZB in a new project group directed by Anette Fasang, Junior Professor for Demography at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

The 2011 Data Report, published by the Federal Statistical Office, The Federal Agency for Civic Education and the WZB, provides a nuanced view of living conditions in Germany. The Report will be presented at a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, 11th October 2011.

Studiengebühren halten Studierwillige nicht vom Gang an die Hochschule ab – das ist das Ergebnis einer Studie der WZB-Forscher Tina Baier und Marcel Helbig. Die beiden Wissenschaftler fanden sogar Anzeichen dafür, dass Studienberechtigte die höheren Kosten mit einer größeren Wertschätzung eines Studiums für den späteren beruflichen Werdegang „verrechnen“. Dies gilt demnach vor allem für junge Frauen und Männer, die aus nichtakademisch gebildeten Elternhäusern stammen. Ihre Erkenntnisse präsentieren Baier und Helbig im neuen WZBrief Bildung.