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Social Inequality and Data Sciences: a comparative analysis of the German labour market

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  • Frege, Carola

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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This paper explores the status of population data infrastructure with regard to Germany’s ability to address social inequalities in the labour market compared to the UK. I argue that data availability, though not sufficient, is a necessary condition for policy effectiveness, in particular in the area of social inequality. I find evidence that the collection and analysis of population data in Germany with regard to the protected categories, such as gender and ethnic minorities, is frequently insufficient and reveals a deeper, structural problem of German data sciences reflecting an uneasy relationship between scientific knowledge production and the German public discourse and its political class. Possible explanations might be a legacy of ethical and privacy concerns, a longstanding public policy focus on collectivism rather than individual rights, and a preference ofor hermeneutics and qualitative rather than quantitative social sciences.

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  • Frege, Carola, 2024. "Social Inequality and Data Sciences: a comparative analysis of the German labour market," SocArXiv e9s8z, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:e9s8z
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/e9s8z
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