What Drives the Development of Social Inequality over the Life Course? the German TwinLife Study

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 659-672

  Hahn, Elisabeth ^a   Gottschling, Juliana ^a   Bleidorn, Wiebke ^b   Kandler, Christian ^c   Spengler, Marion ^d   Kornadt, Anna E ^c   Schulz, Wiebke ^c   Schunck, Reinhardt ^c,e   Baier, Tina ^c   Krell, Kristina ^c   Lang, Volker ^c   Lenau, Franziska ^a   Peters, Anna Lena ^c   Diewald, Martin ^c   Riemann, Rainer ^c   Spinath, Frank M ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

behavior genetics; life chances; social inequality; social stratification; twin studies

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAREER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTEGRATION; LIFESPAN; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMANY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWIN STUDY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84991607804     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2016.76     Document Type: Article

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