This paper investigates the consequences of children's exposure to state-level incarceration rates on social mobility in the United States. The study uses social mobility data from the Opportunity Atlas for children born between 1978 and 1983. Jail population data is gathered from the 1985 and the 1995 Annual Survey of Jails. To analyze the impact of jail rates on social mobility, we estimate OLS regressions with state-level control variables. Of key interest is the potential differential effect of early (age 2-7) versus later (age 12-17) exposure. All estimates indicate a negative correlation between incarceration and social mobility. The main results indicate that exposure to incarceration rates during adolescence has a larger impact on social mobility. Further, the subgroup estimates indicate that female incarceration is a more effective determinant of social mobility and that the black and the female population are more sensitive to fluctuations in incarceration rates. The estimates by income percentiles show incoherent results. The results should be treated with caution to methodological issues and potential biases.

Der momentane Arbeitsmarkt wird von vier Generationen abgebildet - den Babyboomern und den Generationen X, Y und Z. Die nächste Generation auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, die in den Ruhestand eintritt, sind die Babyboomer. Diese zahlenmäßig starke Kohorte hat im Laufe ihres Arbeitslebens einen wertvollen Schatz impliziten Wissens aufgebaut. Ohne geeignete Maßnahmen wird dieses Erfahrungswissen die Unternehmen unwiederbringlich verlassen. Doch in Wissensgesellschaften ist Wissen das höchste Gut, das Wettbewerbsvorteile schaffen soll. Im Fokus dieser Arbeit steht folglich das implizite Wissen, das wesentlich durch individuelle Erfahrungen geprägt ist. Die Wissensverteilung kann jedoch durch steigende Generationenkonflikte gehemmt werden. Deshalb werden generative Handlungsempfehlungen aufgestellt, die einen intergenerativen Austausch unterstützen sollen. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, den Wissensaustausch der vier Generationen am Arbeitsplatz durch generationsspezifische Wissenstransfermethoden und intergenerationelles Lernen (IGL) anzuregen und zu fördern. Um diese Zielsetzung zu erreichen, werden drei Forschungsfragen formuliert. • Welche Methoden der intergenerativen Wissensverteilung lassen sich identifizieren? • Welche generativen Präferenzen lassen sich in der Wissensverteilung und dem intergenerationellen Lernen feststellen? • Welche konkreten Handlungsempfehlungen unterstützen sowohl das intergenerationelle Lernen als auch die intergenerative Wissensverteilung am Arbeitsplatz? Zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfragen fand sowohl eine systematische Literaturanalyse (SLA) als auch eine quantitative Studie in Form einer Online-Befragung statt. Die Ergebnisse der SLA flossen in die Gestaltung des Fragebogens der Befragung ein. Durch das zweistufige Forschungsdesign konnten zahlreiche generative Präferenzen in der Wissensteilung und im IGL identifiziert werden. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass alle Generationen das Mentoring zur Wissensteilung und das Miteinander-Lernen zum intergenerativen Austausch bevorzugen. Diese Präferenz fiel jedoch in unterschiedlicher Intensität aus, weshalb es umso wichtiger ist, sich intensiv mit alternativen Methoden des Wissenstransfers zu beschäftigen. Da bei den Befragten eine hohe Lernbereitschaft aufgedeckt werden konnte, wurde ein Scoringmodell, der Präferenz-Bekanntheits-Score (PBS), entwickelt. Dieser gewichtete Score ermöglicht es Unternehmen, die ausgeprägte Lernbereitschaft der Mitarbeitenden zu nutzen, indem er unbekannte, aber von den Generationen präferierte Transferinstrumente klassifiziert. Das Endartefakt der Arbeit stellen allgemeine und generative Handlungsempfehlungen dar. Diese konkreten Empfehlungen sollen Unternehmen bei dem Auf- und Ausbau eines Wissens(ver-)teilungs- und Lernprogrammes unterstützen. Zum Beispiel sprechen die Befragungsergebnisse für die Einführung eines Wissenscafés. Dieser Treffpunkt fördert das IGL und entspricht dem Wunsch der Befragten nach einem Über- und Voneinander-Lernen. Insgesamt konnten elf allgemeine und zahlreiche generationsspezifische Handlungsempfehlungen abgeleitet werden. Die Untersuchung zeigt ein hohes Potenzial für Wissenstransfer- und Lernprogramme auf. Die große Mehrheit der Befragten schätzt den Wissenstransfer als wesentlich für Gesellschaft und Unternehmen ein und ist bereit, ihr Wissen weiterzugeben. Diese Arbeit zeigt zum Einen generative Unterschiede und Präferenzen auf, zum Anderen aber auch Lösungen, die ein effektives Miteinander der Generationen am Arbeitsplatz ermöglichen. Das Teilen von implizitem Wissen ist essentiell, um auch bei Renteneintritt der Babyboomer weiterhin Wettbewerbsvorteile realisieren zu können. Zur Überprüfung der Handlungsempfehlungen kann eine altersheterogene Pilotgruppe im Unternehmen gebildet werden. Nach einer Evaluation der Erkenntnisse, können die Empfehlungen verfeinert und dem gesamten Unternehmen zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Die Einzelmaßnahmen können in regelmäßigen Mitarbeitendenbefragungen überprüft werden, um sie kontinuierlich an das Unternehmen und die Bedürfnisse der Belegschaft anzupassen.

Increasing rates of maternal incarceration are potentially linked to development of delinquency in the children of these mothers. Current literature points to the intergenerational transmission of criminality that may result in future low socioeconomic status and unemployment for children of incarcerated mothers, yet little of this literature addresses the link between maternal incarceration and juvenile delinquency. Using attachment theory as the foundation, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to assess correlation between maternal incarceration and juvenile delinquency, as well as investigate the mediating role of child gender, race, current relationship with the primary caregiver, and disciplinary environment. The sample was obtained from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study (FFWCS) conducted by faculty at Princeton and Columbia Universities. The pre-existing dataset includes data on 5,000 children born in the United States between 1998 and 2000 and their mothers. Mothers were interviewed and the sample size for this study was 5,000 adults. The quantitative analysis revealed no significant relationship between maternal incarceration and their children’s delinquency. No mediating effects were found for child gender, race, current relationship with the primary caregiver, or disciplinary environment. In all, the study’s findings complicate understandings of childhood delinquency, offering impetus for further studies, both to replicate these findings and to establish other causal factors. The identification of such factors may guide policy makers to look at existing policies to determine their need and effectiveness. Officials for corrections, welfare services, and family-support agencies may need to develop policies to allow incarcerated mothers and their children to maintain regular contact.

The land reform process in Zimbabwe has raised critical questions about land with regard to ownership and access, productivity of land and the most suitable size of land (small scale or large scale). Over a decade after the most recent phase of land reform in Zimbabwe, critical questions about land are continually debated in an ever-growing literature on land. These questions span a wide margin, from ownership, access, and productivity to who exactly should benefit from land reform processes. One important debate has centred on the question of whether the primary consideration of land reform processes should be aimed at addressing the more ideational aspects of land (return to ancestral land, land as central to personal identities and the subsequent political and social processes of determining who belongs and who is a stranger) or material concerns (relating to questions of food security, livelihood making and the concerns with environmental change). Subsequently, literature dealing with land is often organised around a particular theme such as identity, tenure, politics, political economy, livelihoods and questions relating to environmental change. Using the case of small scale commercial farming families of Mushawasha in Masvingo Zimbabwe who came to own the land as purchase area farmers as a result of the 1930 Land Apportionment Act, this thesis constitutes an attempt to integrate multiple approaches to the question of land, using a critical realist framework. I argue that the link between people and land, which is explored generationally and in the context of broader economic, political, historical and social change in Zimbabwe, is ever changing and is influenced by a number of factors. For that reason, viewing the question of land in a reductionist fashion from either an ideational or a material paradigm is unsatisfactory. What this research reveals is that the links between people and land are tempered numerous factors including generation, gender and residential status. / Dissertation (MSocSci)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / tm2015 / Sociology / MSocSci / Unrestricted

The goal of the study was to evaluate the content, implementation and applicability of the Soul City social intervention programme (SCI programme) about HIV and AIDS targeted at the youth in the Northern Cape from an ecosystems perspective. The goal of this study was achieved through the realisation of the objectives of the study. The objectives of the study were: To describe the phenomenon of HIV and AIDS among the youth in the Northern Cape, South Africa from an ecosystems perspective; to describe the NSP 2012-2016 and the Provincial Strategic Plan (PSP) for HIV and AIDS in South Africa; to describe and critically analyse the SCI programme's focus on the youth from the ecosystems perspective; to evaluate the content of the SCI programme for the youth with regard to HIV and AIDS in the Northern Cape in the context of the NSP 2012-2016 on HIV and AIDS from the field workers' perspective; to evaluate the implementation of the SCI programme for the youth on HIV and AIDS in the Northern Cape in the context of the NSP 2012-2016 on HIV and AIDS from the perspective of the youth as service users, and lastly, to provide guidelines for the content, applicability, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the SCI programme for the youth with regard to HIV and AIDS in the context of the NSP 2012-2016, in order to enhance efforts to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS among the youth in the Northern Cape. Furthermore, a mixed-methods research approach was adopted to achieve the research goal. The quantitative and qualitative findings are described in Chapters 6 and 7 respectively. Triangulation, as mixed-method design, was utilised in this study. This enabled the researcher to produce complete and well-validated conclusions. The method of data collection for the part of the study about the youth was a group-administered questionnaire. For the qualitative part of this study, semi-structured interviews, with an interview schedule, were utilised to collect data related to the contents, applicability, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the SCI programme from trained field workers working in the youth sector and specialising in HIV and AIDS. The quantitative data was analysed using both descriptive and association statistical analyses. In the present study, the researcher strived to ensure a high degree of face validity by allowing experts in the field, for example, social workers practising in the field of HIV and AIDS, to scrutinise the research instrument as part of the pilot test. The questionnaire was piloted with 20 youths to enhance both face and content validity further. In the current study, an acceptable degree of reliability was prioritised and therefore a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.70 for all categories of the questionnaire was sought. The qualitative data of the semi-structured interviews with Soul City programme implementers was analysed using thematic analysis. An independent reviewer reviewed the theme generation and analysis to ensure consistency or the interrater reliability of the findings. This aided the researcher to identify patterns or themes from direct quotations and to provide rich data representation. Verbatim quotations from the interviews were used to support the themes. To ensure data trustworthiness, a high premium was placed on credibility, transferability, conformability and dependability. Analyses of three different sources of data, namely the literature review, the youth programme attendees/recipients and interviews with Soul City field workers were undertaken to answer the following research question. "To what extent is the content and implementation of the Soul City social intervention programme applicable to the youth in the Northern Cape?" Subsequently, the sub-question of the study was: "Does the Soul City social intervention programme take the different levels of the ecosystems perspective into account regarding programme content and implementation?" Several key findings were made in the quantitative part of the study, with nine sections of the questionnaire which focussed on: the Biographic details of respondents; Objectives of the Soul City programme for the youth in the Northern Cape; Applicability and relevance of the content of the Soul City Programme; Knowledge gained through attending Soul City; Attitudinal change; Programme delivery; Programme content; Programme facilitation methods and general aspects. Key findings were that there was no statistical association found between any of the variables in most sections of the questionnaire except for combinations of five questions in sections D and G. There was a statistical association found with regard to age where the respondents indicated that the SCP contributed to them achieving their personal life goals. Also in Section D there was a statistical association found where the respondents could see the impact of the SCP on their lives. There was a statistical association found between where respondents indicated that the SCP should focus on ways/strategies to fight poverty in their communities and also when they indicated that the SCP should focus on involving important people/stakeholders such as youth leaders. Lastly, there was a statistical association found between where the respondents indicated that the capacity of the youth in the community to fight the further spread of HIV and AIDS could be built by visiting the community. From an ecosystems perspective, the SCP programme appeared to be influenced by or aligned to micro-, meso-, exo- and macrolevel factors with varying degrees of success and focus areas. The programme's exolevel focus appeared to be more prominent and to a lesser degree the macro- and microlevels. The research found that the SCP is relatively effective regarding programme content and facilitation methods albeit to a limited degree. Furthermore, what was repeatedly clear was a need for the SCP's programme continuation and sustainability, because adequate effort had not been made for this despite the programmes' apparent value when it was operational. / Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Social Work and Criminology / DPhil / Unrestricted

Social stigma about sexuality across the life course is pervasive and deeply rooted in “Anglophone West” and patriarchal society that strives to police the sexuality of youth and older adults in diverse yet interconnected ways. Using an Intergenerational and Community-Based Applied Theatre approach to address common misconceptions about sexuality across the life course, I sought to offer a space to share lived experiences of youth and older adults with each other and their community. The community-based project created with the Victoria Target Theatre Society, Victoria High School, and Island Sexual Health Society offers insight into an avenue for social change based on the reactions from collaborators before and after the devising and performance process, in addition to audience responses. Furthermore, these findings can inform action in the form of policy change that aims to address systemic stigmatization of older adult and youth sexuality as well as the lack of education for healthcare providers to offer unbiased care and resources. / Graduate / 2021-04-08

Cette thèse a pour objectif de vérifier si les baby-boomers sont à l’origine d’une rupture de l’équité intergénérationnelle en France. Elle repose sur une application de la méthode des Comptes de Transferts Nationaux, ce qui permet d’obtenir une mesure par âge de la consommation, des ressources individuelles, de l’épargne et des transferts publics et privés entre 1979 et 2011. Des projections sont également réalisées à l’horizon de l’année 2060 grâce au modèle MELETE concernant les transferts publics reçus et le revenu disponible. Les résultats, qui sont établis au regard des principaux critères de justice intergénérationnelle, ne présentent pas de rupture manifeste et généralisée de l’équité entre générations, même si la société française se caractérise par certaines iniquités concernant la répartition des revenus d’actifs et la répartition des pensions de retraite entre générations. Par ailleurs, cette thèse apporte des résultats qui sont utiles à la compréhension de la solidarité familiale en France. Depuis trente ans, l’augmentation du poids économique des donations et des héritages coïncide avec une diminution du poids des aides en sein des ménages et une stabilité du poids des aides entre ménages. Il en résulte que les transferts privés entre ménages sont de moins en moins adaptés aux besoins des bénéficiaires, ce qui est corroboré par une analyse micro-économétrique en panel qui montre que les évènements vécus par les donateurs peuvent déclencher le versement de donations, contrairement aux aides entre ménages qui dépendent exclusivement des évènements vécus par les donataires. / The purpose of this dissertation is to asses if baby-boomers are responsible of intergenerational inequities in France. To answer this research question, the dissertation applies the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) methodology to the case of France, for the time period covering 1979-2011, therefore capturing national accounts aggregates such as consumption, individual resources, savings and transfers by age. Projections are conducted up to 2060 for public transfers inflows and for disposable income using the computable general equilibrium model “MELETE”, and the results are drawn from the main criteria of intergenerational justice. The results of this dissertation show that there is no obvious and widespread disruption of fairness between generations in the country. However, France is still characterized by intergenerational inequities seen through the allocation of asset income and publics pensions. The NTA methodology also provides useful results about private transfers in France. Since 1979, the role of wealth transfers increased over time, whereas the role of private transfers within households (intra-household transfers) decreased over this period and the role of regular, occasional and in-kind transfers between household (inter-household transfers) remained stable. It follows that private transfers are less and less responsive to the needs of transfer recipients. In fact, a micro econometric analysis using panel data shows that the life events experienced by transfer givers can trigger the payment of inter vivos wealth transfers, which is not the case for inter-household transfers that depend exclusively on the life events experienced by the recipients.

5 ABSTRACT This diploma thesis deals with the topic of reading. In the process of examining the development of an individual for reading, it is necessary to take into account the effects of primary socialization taking place in the family environment. The aim of the diploma thesis is to find out how is readership affected by the family environment and how is passed between generations (intergenerational transmission). It is also a goal to find out whether and how readership vary across selected European countries (including Czech Republic) in relation to these factors. The effect of the family environment on adult reading is studied through parent education and aspects of the so-called pro-reader climate. The pro-reader climate in the family helps communicate a person's relationship to books and reading in his early childhood and affects his future life. A family environment that supports reading habits is reflected in childhood through parent-child interaction (reading, communicating about the content being read), the availability of books at home, and the reading of parents that provide a background for reading. The existence of a relationship between reading and family environment in the intergenerational and internationally comparative perspective is examined through secondary analysis of two...

This thesis examines the social context of stillbirth and its impact on women's life and on their relationships with their family members. The study sample includes 8 adult women from Israel. Israel is a country characterized by a high number of children in families and the centrality of religion in society. The methodology used in this study was semi-structured interviews. Our results were similar to those of previous studies in terms of the partner's attitude to the event. On the other hand, the results included novel findings regarding other family members' coping with the stillbirth event. Solidarity and other types of empathy were found to be relevant according to women's stories; whereas some filial norms were met with more ambivalent responses. This thesis demonstrates the importance of intergenerational solidarity, the mass influence of cultural context and ambivalence within everyday situations and the meaning of empathy from close family members. Particular attention needs to be paid to the intergenerational perspective, which focuses on the family (couple, divorced or single units) or the wider society in which they live. Moreover, the experience of particular social groups further exploration; for instance, single mothers and surrogates.

The thesis focuses on the patterns of nonmarital childbearing and its influence on the health of newborns in the Czech Republic between 1990 and 2010. Numerous and profound social changes took part in these two decades after the fall of state socialism. Socioeconomic inequalities grew, a competitive job market was introduced and social policy was reformed. Family behaviour changed, as well. A more than four-fold rise of the proportion of children born outside marriage was among the most remarkable changes in this regard. Two research questions were addressed: 1. how did unmarried motherhood and its socioeconomic background change; 2. how did these changes influence disparities in the health of newborns by family arrangement. Data from the birth register are used for answering these questions and analysed with multilevel regression models. The method was aimed at explaining variability between contexts defined by time and space. Health of newborns is measured by birth weight. Family arrangement of mothers is measured with their marital status. Unmarried mothers are further split by the presence of a partner measured with the mother's willingness to declare child's father. The results show that birth outcomes on nonmarital children improved and marital status gap in birth weight closed substantially in the...