Functions at the IAB
Professional background
Hannah Sinja Steinberg studied Sociology and Statistics (B.A. and M.A.) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. In 2024, she received her doctoral degree at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, focusing on social inequalities in early childhood care decisions.
From 2016 to 2020, she worked at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories in Bamberg, where she conducted research on educational decisions and the emergence of social inequalities. She then joined the German Youth Institute in Munich, in the Department of Family and Family Policy, where she focused on the study of family educational processes and the evaluation of family policy measures. Since January 2025, she has been a research associate in the OPAL team within the research area "Panel Labor Market and Social Security."
Her research focuses on education, family, and gender sociology.
Activities
Publications
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Die Bereitschaft zu Zugeständnissen bei der Stellensuche nimmt mit sinkender Arbeitslosenquote ab
Bähr, S., Collischon, M., Schwarz, S. & Steinberg, H. (2025): Die Bereitschaft zu Zugeständnissen bei der Stellensuche nimmt mit sinkender Arbeitslosenquote ab. In: IAB-Forum – Grafik aktuell No. 25.04.2025. DOI:10.48720/IAB.FOO.GA.20250425.01
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Soziale Ungleichheiten in der frühkindlichen Betreuung
Steinberg, H. (2025): Soziale Ungleichheiten in der frühkindlichen Betreuung. Eine Analyse von Betreuungsentscheidungen und -verläufen. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 316 p.
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Single Parents in the Allocation of Childcare Places: Status Quo and Recommendations for Action
Klein, T., Öztürk, Y., Schober, P., Schüller, S. & Steinberg, H. (2024): Alleinerziehende in der Betreuungsplatzvergabe: Status quo und Handlungsempfehlungen. In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Vol. 104, No. 5, p. 336-342. DOI:10.2478/wd-2024-0090
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Family Climate in Pandemic Times: Adolescents and Mothers
Eichhorn, T., Schüller, S., Steinberg, H. & Zerle-Elsäßer, C. (2023): Family Climate in Pandemic Times: Adolescents and Mothers. In: Social Inclusion, Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 282-294. DOI:10.17645/si.v11i1.6007
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Parents under stress: Evaluating emergency childcare policies during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany
Schüller, S. & Steinberg, H. (2022): Parents under stress: Evaluating emergency childcare policies during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany. In: Labour Economics, Vol. 78. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102217
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Timing of early childcare take-up in Germany: An application of rational choice theory
Steinberg, H. & Kleinert, C. (2022): Timing of early childcare take-up in Germany: An application of rational choice theory. In: Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 84, No. 3, p. 840-859. DOI:10.1111/jomf.12825
