Janina Söhn
Biographic Data
| ID | 189254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janina Söhn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janina |
| FAMILY NAME | Söhn |
| SIGNATURE | SÖHN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | WZB Berlin Social Science Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Upward, Lateral, or Downward? Multiple Perspectives on Migrants’ Educational Mobilities
Education is a major component of individuals’ social status in terms of self-positioning and economic opportunities. Migrants’ qualifications from abroad are often devalued by employers or state institutions. One option to react to such a lack of recognition is the gaining of institutionalized cultural capital in the receiving society. Comparing levels of education attained before and after migration, migrants may move in an upward, lateral, or …
Kapitel 16: Wie das Rentensystem Erwerbsbiografien würdigt
Teilhabe durch Erwerbsarbeit und sozialstaatliche Leistungen sind eng miteinander verwoben: Die Höhe gesetzlicher Renten hängen von der gesamten vorgelagerten Erwerbskarriere und deren Anerkennung für Rentensprüche ab. Auf Basis von Informationen aus den individuellen Rentenkonten bei der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung wird in diesem Kapitel die gesamte rentenrechtlich relevante Erwerbsbiografie vom Alter 17 bis in das Einmünden in eine Alters- …
Back to School in a New Country? The Educational Participation of Adult Immigrants in a Life-Course Perspective
Unequal Welcome and Unequal Life Chances: How the State Shapes Integration Opportunities of Immigrants
This article contributes to the broader scientific debate on how the state generates and modifies life chances of individuals and social groups by highlighting a specific way of institutional (re-)production of social inequalities: it explores the nature and impact of immigrant-specific state intervention. Building on the concept of "modes of incorporation" by Portes and colleagues, a theoretical section explicates how specific contexts of recept…
Rechtsstatus und Bildungschancen: Die Staatliche Ungleichbehandlung Von Migrantengruppen und Ihre Konsequenzen
Immigrant Settlement Structures in Germany: General Patterns and Urban Levels of Concentration of Major Groups
This article investigates the settlement structures of foreigners and, specifically, of Turks, ex-Yugoslavs, Italians, Greeks and ex-Soviets in Germany. The main data source is the as yet unexploited dataset of the Inner-city Spatial Observatory, complemented by data from the 2005 sample census and city statistics. Immigrant settlement is shown to be widely dispersed across west German cities. Within cities, ethnic neighbourhoods are rare. Immigr…
Bildungsunterschiede zwischen Migrantengruppen in Deutschland: Schulabschlüsse von Aussiedlern und anderen Migranten der ersten Generation im Vergleich
The Educational Attainment of Turkish Migrants in Germany
This contribution analyzes the participation and performance of Turkish students in Germany’s education system—the country with the largest number of Turkish immigrants in Europe. As education is the main prerequisite for the successful socio‐economic integration of immigrants and their offspring, the results are worrying. Turkish children find themselves in unfavorable positions throughout the different stages of school education, and their acad…
Immigrant Settlement Structures in Germany: General Patterns and Urban Levels of Concentration of Major Groups
This article investigates the settlement structures of foreigners and, specifically, of Turks, ex-Yugoslavs, Italians, Greeks and ex-Soviets in Germany. The main data source is the as yet unexploited dataset of the Inner-city Spatial Observatory, complemented by data from the 2005 sample census and city statistics. Immigrant settlement is shown to be widely dispersed across west German cities. Within cities, ethnic neighbourhoods are rare. Immigr…
The Educational Attainment of Turkish Migrants in Germany
This contribution analyzes the participation and performance of Turkish students in Germany’s education system—the country with the largest number of Turkish immigrants in Europe. As education is the main prerequisite for the successful socio‐economic integration of immigrants and their offspring, the results are worrying. Turkish children find themselves in unfavorable positions throughout the different stages of school education, and their acad…
Unequal Welcome and Unequal Life Chances: How the State Shapes Integration Opportunities of Immigrants
This article contributes to the broader scientific debate on how the state generates and modifies life chances of individuals and social groups by highlighting a specific way of institutional (re-)production of social inequalities: it explores the nature and impact of immigrant-specific state intervention. Building on the concept of "modes of incorporation" by Portes and colleagues, a theoretical section explicates how specific contexts of recept…
Upward, Lateral, or Downward? Multiple Perspectives on Migrants’ Educational Mobilities
Education is a major component of individuals’ social status in terms of self-positioning and economic opportunities. Migrants’ qualifications from abroad are often devalued by employers or state institutions. One option to react to such a lack of recognition is the gaining of institutionalized cultural capital in the receiving society. Comparing levels of education attained before and after migration, migrants may move in an upward, lateral, or …
Back to School in a New Country? The Educational Participation of Adult Immigrants in a Life-Course Perspective
Bildungsunterschiede zwischen Migrantengruppen in Deutschland: Schulabschlüsse von Aussiedlern und anderen Migranten der ersten Generation im Vergleich
The Educational Attainment of Turkish Migrants in Germany
This contribution analyzes the participation and performance of Turkish students in Germany’s education system—the country with the largest number of Turkish immigrants in Europe. As education is the main prerequisite for the successful socio‐economic integration of immigrants and their offspring, the results are worrying. Turkish children find themselves in unfavorable positions throughout the different stages of school education, and their acad…
Bildungsunterschiede zwischen Migrantengruppen in Deutschland: Schulabschlüsse von Aussiedlern und anderen Migranten der ersten Generation im Vergleich
Immigrant Settlement Structures in Germany: General Patterns and Urban Levels of Concentration of Major Groups
This article investigates the settlement structures of foreigners and, specifically, of Turks, ex-Yugoslavs, Italians, Greeks and ex-Soviets in Germany. The main data source is the as yet unexploited dataset of the Inner-city Spatial Observatory, complemented by data from the 2005 sample census and city statistics. Immigrant settlement is shown to be widely dispersed across west German cities. Within cities, ethnic neighbourhoods are rare. Immigr…
Rechtsstatus und Bildungschancen: Die Staatliche Ungleichbehandlung Von Migrantengruppen und Ihre Konsequenzen
Unequal Welcome and Unequal Life Chances: How the State Shapes Integration Opportunities of Immigrants
This article contributes to the broader scientific debate on how the state generates and modifies life chances of individuals and social groups by highlighting a specific way of institutional (re-)production of social inequalities: it explores the nature and impact of immigrant-specific state intervention. Building on the concept of "modes of incorporation" by Portes and colleagues, a theoretical section explicates how specific contexts of recept…
Back to School in a New Country? The Educational Participation of Adult Immigrants in a Life-Course Perspective
Kapitel 16: Wie das Rentensystem Erwerbsbiografien würdigt
Teilhabe durch Erwerbsarbeit und sozialstaatliche Leistungen sind eng miteinander verwoben: Die Höhe gesetzlicher Renten hängen von der gesamten vorgelagerten Erwerbskarriere und deren Anerkennung für Rentensprüche ab. Auf Basis von Informationen aus den individuellen Rentenkonten bei der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung wird in diesem Kapitel die gesamte rentenrechtlich relevante Erwerbsbiografie vom Alter 17 bis in das Einmünden in eine Alters- …
Upward, Lateral, or Downward? Multiple Perspectives on Migrants’ Educational Mobilities
Education is a major component of individuals’ social status in terms of self-positioning and economic opportunities. Migrants’ qualifications from abroad are often devalued by employers or state institutions. One option to react to such a lack of recognition is the gaining of institutionalized cultural capital in the receiving society. Comparing levels of education attained before and after migration, migrants may move in an upward, lateral, or …
Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · German (3 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works)