Author: Thomas Bahle

Thomas Bahle is senior researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). He has extensive experience in the comparative analysis of family policies, social services and minimum income protection. Vanessa Hubl studied social sciences at the Universities of Mannheim and Utrecht. She currently works as a researcher at the MZES. Michaela Pfeifer is a lecturer and researcher in sociology at the University of Siegen and Ph D Candidate at the University of Mannheim.