Political orientation is often assumed to be shaped by socialization processes; however,
previous studies have shown substantial genetic variance components in party affiliation …

The TwinLife panel is the first longitudinal study of twin families in Germany based on a
national probability sample. TwinLife has been developed to facilitate genetic sensitive …

The German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife) is a German longitudinal study of monozygotic
and dizygotic same-sex twin pairs and their families that was designed to investigate the …

Whether educational attainment compensates for or reinforces family disadvantages in
political participation is currently a debated topic. Previous research has shown a consistent …

While previous research has conclusively established that children with higher cognitive
ability and those originating from advantaged socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds …

Probability sampling can no longer consistently deliver on the promise of representative
samples: soaring nonresponse rates increasingly lead to deviations from the population and …

The German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife) was designed to narrow the gap between
behavior genetic and social scientific studies of social inequalities. To this end, TwinLife …

Fluid intelligence and conscientiousness are the most important predictors of school grades.
In addition to this main effect, researchers have suggested that the two traits might also …

The major aim of the German TwinLife study is the investigation of gene-environment
interplay driving educational and other inequalities across developmental trajectories from …

Obwohl die Wirksamkeit von Förderangeboten für Schülerinnen und Schüler mit
Teilleistungsstörungen in Bezug auf Kompetenzzuwächse gut belegt ist, ist wenig über die …