D Tisch
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 41486 |
|---|---|
| NOME | D Tisch |
| PRENOMES | D |
| SOBRENOME | Tisch |
| ASSINATURA | TISCH D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2973-2008 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Rethinking Gender and Other Seemingly Nonmanipulable Characteristics for Causal Analysis
Identifying the causes of social inequality is crucial for designing effective policy interventions. Experimental methods, in which variables are manipulated and participants are randomly assigned to conditions, are widely regarded as the gold standard for causal inference. However, it seems impossible to randomly assign social categories such as gender or race. Does that mean that, for example, gender cannot cause outcomes? We propose a conceptu…
The (in)appropriateness of unequal division
Siblings do not always benefit equally from parental wealth transfers. This study examines how different asset types evoke distinct distributive principles, thereby contributing to our understanding of unequal intergenerational transfers within families. Based on a multifactorial survey experiment in Germany (N = 11,968 observations based on 2,992 respondents), we test whether the application of three distributive principles (equality, entitlemen…
The gender (tax) gap in parental transfers. Evidence from administrative inheritance and gift tax data
This study examines how inheritance and gift taxation, in combination with gendered parental transfer behavior, exacerbate gender wealth inequalities. Tax systems can help reproduce gender differences if men and women benefit differently from tax exemptions. This might happen when men and women receive different types of assets, only some of which are tax exempt. To investigate gendered parental transfer behavior and gendered tax rates, we draw o…
A 'Self-Made' Billionaire? Gender and the Myth of Meritocratic Wealth
This research note critically examines the concept of 'self-made' wealth, drawing on data from the Forbes 400 rich list (2014-2023). The 'self-made' narrative, we argue, obscures structural factors that shape wealth accumulation and serves meritocratic discourses that justify wealth inequality. Our empirical analysis reveals that men are disproportionately labelled as self-made, while women are more frequently labelled as heirs. We argue that thi…
Perceived Fairness of Couples' Division of Housework
Although the ratio of women's to men's housework hours has declined, women still spend more time than men doing household tasks in most high-income contexts. This article examines one of the hypothesized mechanisms underlying the persistence of housework disparities-fairness perceptions-via a survey experiment in the United States. We ask: What factors contribute to fairness assessments of unequal divisions of housework in different-sex couples? …
Social Science Data as a Challenge for Contemporary History
Tax principles, policy feedback and self-interest
Rising wealth inequality and squeezed public budgets has brought wealth tax back into policy discussions. A net wealth tax might help to boost state revenue and reduce wealth inequality. Yet little is known about citizens' attitudes towards the design of a net wealth tax (i.e. the tax unit, exemption and rate). Using a novel multifactorial survey experiment, we examine citizens' endorsement of fundamental principles of taxation. Building on polic…
Unequal but just? Experimental evidence on (gendered) distributive justice principles in parental financial gifts
Research has documented gender inequalities in parental financial gifts, but it is unclear under which conditions these inequalities are socially accepted. We combine distributive justice theory with sociological and economic perspectives on intergenerational transfers to examine perceptions of fair allocations of parental gifts. By manipulating children's characteristics in a multifactorial vignette experiment, we conducted in Germany in 2020 (N…
Top Wealth and Its Historical Origins
The authors examine the historical origins of Germany's 1,032 largest fortunes. The innovation of this research is to link a rich list from 2019 with rich lists from 1913 and genealogical data provided in Wikidata. The authors find a remarkable historical continuity of large fortunes despite two world wars, the Great Depression, regime changes, and different currency reforms. One third of the companies associated with today's largest fortunes wer…
My Wealth, (Y)Our Life Satisfaction? Sole and Joint Wealth Ownership and Life Satisfaction in Marriage
This study examines the money-subjective well-being nexus by studying the link between changes in jointly and solely (i.e. respondents’ own and their partner’s own) held gross wealth and changes in married individuals’ subjective well-being. Joint assets reflect norms of sharing responsibilities and resources. Solely held assets, in contrast, offer individual economic independence. Using wealth data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOE…
Women in the Global Super Rich. An Analysis of the Forbes World's Billionaires List, 2010-2023
Although wealth concentration and large fortunes have attracted increased scholarly attention in recent decades, this work has been largely gender-blind. This study examines changes in the gender composition of global billionaires over the last 14 years (Forbes world's billionaires list, 2010 – 2023) and asks how male and female billionaires differ in their likelihood to perpetuate their billionaire status. Between 2010 and 2023, we find a modest…
Distributive Justice in Marriage
Objective This study examines fairness perceptions of experimentally manipulated savings arrangements in couples (i.e., distribution of control and ownership of savings) to identify distributive justice principles in marriage. Background Theoretically, competing norms about individual ownership rights and autonomy (equity principle) and marital sharing (equality principle) in interaction with gender ideology (entitlement principle) may explain ho…
My Gain or Your Loss? Changes in within-Couple Relative Wealth and Partners' Life Satisfaction
This article studies the relationship between partner's wealth share and their life satisfaction in different-sex couples using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017). Resource-based theories and gender ideology are two prominent approaches to explain the effects of within-couple relative resources on various outcomes. Recently, scholars have argued that not relative but absolute personal resources are the crucial fact…
Anomie or imitation? The Werther effect of celebrity suicides on suicide rates in 34 OECD countries, 1960-2014
Top Wealth and Its Historical Origins
The authors examine the historical origins of Germany's 1,032 largest fortunes. The innovation of this research is to link a rich list from 2019 with rich lists from 1913 and genealogical data provided in Wikidata. The authors find a remarkable historical continuity of large fortunes despite two world wars, the Great Depression, regime changes, and different currency reforms. One third of the companies associated with today's largest fortunes wer…
Tax principles, policy feedback and self-interest
Rising wealth inequality and squeezed public budgets has brought wealth tax back into policy discussions. A net wealth tax might help to boost state revenue and reduce wealth inequality. Yet little is known about citizens' attitudes towards the design of a net wealth tax (i.e. the tax unit, exemption and rate). Using a novel multifactorial survey experiment, we examine citizens' endorsement of fundamental principles of taxation. Building on polic…
My Wealth, (Y)Our Life Satisfaction? Sole and Joint Wealth Ownership and Life Satisfaction in Marriage
This study examines the money-subjective well-being nexus by studying the link between changes in jointly and solely (i.e. respondents’ own and their partner’s own) held gross wealth and changes in married individuals’ subjective well-being. Joint assets reflect norms of sharing responsibilities and resources. Solely held assets, in contrast, offer individual economic independence. Using wealth data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOE…
Unequal but just? Experimental evidence on (gendered) distributive justice principles in parental financial gifts
Research has documented gender inequalities in parental financial gifts, but it is unclear under which conditions these inequalities are socially accepted. We combine distributive justice theory with sociological and economic perspectives on intergenerational transfers to examine perceptions of fair allocations of parental gifts. By manipulating children's characteristics in a multifactorial vignette experiment, we conducted in Germany in 2020 (N…
My Gain or Your Loss? Changes in within-Couple Relative Wealth and Partners' Life Satisfaction
This article studies the relationship between partner's wealth share and their life satisfaction in different-sex couples using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017). Resource-based theories and gender ideology are two prominent approaches to explain the effects of within-couple relative resources on various outcomes. Recently, scholars have argued that not relative but absolute personal resources are the crucial fact…
Women in the Global Super Rich. An Analysis of the Forbes World's Billionaires List, 2010-2023
Although wealth concentration and large fortunes have attracted increased scholarly attention in recent decades, this work has been largely gender-blind. This study examines changes in the gender composition of global billionaires over the last 14 years (Forbes world's billionaires list, 2010 – 2023) and asks how male and female billionaires differ in their likelihood to perpetuate their billionaire status. Between 2010 and 2023, we find a modest…
Anomie or imitation? The Werther effect of celebrity suicides on suicide rates in 34 OECD countries, 1960-2014
Anomie or imitation? The Werther effect of celebrity suicides on suicide rates in 34 OECD countries, 1960-2014
Distributive Justice in Marriage
Objective This study examines fairness perceptions of experimentally manipulated savings arrangements in couples (i.e., distribution of control and ownership of savings) to identify distributive justice principles in marriage. Background Theoretically, competing norms about individual ownership rights and autonomy (equity principle) and marital sharing (equality principle) in interaction with gender ideology (entitlement principle) may explain ho…
My Gain or Your Loss? Changes in within-Couple Relative Wealth and Partners' Life Satisfaction
This article studies the relationship between partner's wealth share and their life satisfaction in different-sex couples using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017). Resource-based theories and gender ideology are two prominent approaches to explain the effects of within-couple relative resources on various outcomes. Recently, scholars have argued that not relative but absolute personal resources are the crucial fact…
My Wealth, (Y)Our Life Satisfaction? Sole and Joint Wealth Ownership and Life Satisfaction in Marriage
This study examines the money-subjective well-being nexus by studying the link between changes in jointly and solely (i.e. respondents’ own and their partner’s own) held gross wealth and changes in married individuals’ subjective well-being. Joint assets reflect norms of sharing responsibilities and resources. Solely held assets, in contrast, offer individual economic independence. Using wealth data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOE…
Women in the Global Super Rich. An Analysis of the Forbes World's Billionaires List, 2010-2023
Although wealth concentration and large fortunes have attracted increased scholarly attention in recent decades, this work has been largely gender-blind. This study examines changes in the gender composition of global billionaires over the last 14 years (Forbes world's billionaires list, 2010 – 2023) and asks how male and female billionaires differ in their likelihood to perpetuate their billionaire status. Between 2010 and 2023, we find a modest…
Unequal but just? Experimental evidence on (gendered) distributive justice principles in parental financial gifts
Research has documented gender inequalities in parental financial gifts, but it is unclear under which conditions these inequalities are socially accepted. We combine distributive justice theory with sociological and economic perspectives on intergenerational transfers to examine perceptions of fair allocations of parental gifts. By manipulating children's characteristics in a multifactorial vignette experiment, we conducted in Germany in 2020 (N…
Top Wealth and Its Historical Origins
The authors examine the historical origins of Germany's 1,032 largest fortunes. The innovation of this research is to link a rich list from 2019 with rich lists from 1913 and genealogical data provided in Wikidata. The authors find a remarkable historical continuity of large fortunes despite two world wars, the Great Depression, regime changes, and different currency reforms. One third of the companies associated with today's largest fortunes wer…
Social Science Data as a Challenge for Contemporary History
Tax principles, policy feedback and self-interest
Rising wealth inequality and squeezed public budgets has brought wealth tax back into policy discussions. A net wealth tax might help to boost state revenue and reduce wealth inequality. Yet little is known about citizens' attitudes towards the design of a net wealth tax (i.e. the tax unit, exemption and rate). Using a novel multifactorial survey experiment, we examine citizens' endorsement of fundamental principles of taxation. Building on polic…
The gender (tax) gap in parental transfers. Evidence from administrative inheritance and gift tax data
This study examines how inheritance and gift taxation, in combination with gendered parental transfer behavior, exacerbate gender wealth inequalities. Tax systems can help reproduce gender differences if men and women benefit differently from tax exemptions. This might happen when men and women receive different types of assets, only some of which are tax exempt. To investigate gendered parental transfer behavior and gendered tax rates, we draw o…
A 'Self-Made' Billionaire? Gender and the Myth of Meritocratic Wealth
This research note critically examines the concept of 'self-made' wealth, drawing on data from the Forbes 400 rich list (2014-2023). The 'self-made' narrative, we argue, obscures structural factors that shape wealth accumulation and serves meritocratic discourses that justify wealth inequality. Our empirical analysis reveals that men are disproportionately labelled as self-made, while women are more frequently labelled as heirs. We argue that thi…
Perceived Fairness of Couples' Division of Housework
Although the ratio of women's to men's housework hours has declined, women still spend more time than men doing household tasks in most high-income contexts. This article examines one of the hypothesized mechanisms underlying the persistence of housework disparities-fairness perceptions-via a survey experiment in the United States. We ask: What factors contribute to fairness assessments of unequal divisions of housework in different-sex couples? …
Rethinking Gender and Other Seemingly Nonmanipulable Characteristics for Causal Analysis
Identifying the causes of social inequality is crucial for designing effective policy interventions. Experimental methods, in which variables are manipulated and participants are randomly assigned to conditions, are widely regarded as the gold standard for causal inference. However, it seems impossible to randomly assign social categories such as gender or race. Does that mean that, for example, gender cannot cause outcomes? We propose a conceptu…
The (in)appropriateness of unequal division
Siblings do not always benefit equally from parental wealth transfers. This study examines how different asset types evoke distinct distributive principles, thereby contributing to our understanding of unequal intergenerational transfers within families. Based on a multifactorial survey experiment in Germany (N = 11,968 observations based on 2,992 respondents), we test whether the application of three distributive principles (equality, entitlemen…
Economics (9 obras) · Demographic economics (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (6 obras) · Inequality (6 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Law (4 obras)