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Analyzing 21st Century Video Data on Situational Dynamics: Issues and Challenges in Video Data Analysis

Since the turn of the millennium researchers have access to an ever-increasing pool of novel types of video recordings. People use camcorders, mobile phone cameras, and even drones to film and photograph social life, and many public spaces are under video surveillance. More and more sociologists, psychologists, education researchers, and criminologists rely on such visuals to observe and analyze social ...

Panel Survey Recruitment With or Without Interviewers? Implications for Nonresponse, Panel Consent, and Total Recruitment Bias

Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Electricity from Fossil Fuels in Chile over a Ten-Year Period

This study uses life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impacts of electricity generated from fossil fuels in Chile over a ten–year period, from 2004 to 2014. The focus on fossil fuels is highly relevant for Chile because around 60% of electricity currently comes from natural gas, coal and oil. The impacts are first considered at the level of individual technologies, followed by the evaluation ...

Wealth Changes and Their Impact on Subjective Well-Being

Besides income, wealth plays an important role for the economic situation as well as the satisfaction of persons. So far the relationship between income as a flow measure and subjective well-being (SWB) is widely described. However, research in the connection between wealth and subjective well-being is scarce. This is predominately due to a lack of adequate microdata. In this paper we make use of longitudinal ...

Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development: Evidence from Rural Cambodia

Substantial work has demonstrated that early nutrition and home environments, including the degree to which children receive cognitive stimulation and emotional support from parents, play a profound role in influencing early childhood development. Yet, less work has documented the joint influences of parenting and nutritional status on child development among children in the preschool years living ...

Germany’s economic model is not the problem

This article was published on the Financial Times website on June 17, 2019. The German economic model has received some unusually harsh criticism of late, notably from French president Emmanuel Macron, who said in April that it “has perhaps run its course”. Yet the problem for Germany today is not its economic model, but rather inadequate economic policies and two deep-seated illusions. The ...

Germany’s economic model is not the problem

This article was published on the Financial Times website on June 17, 2019. The German economic model has received some unusually harsh criticism of late, notably from French president Emmanuel Macron, who said in April that it “has perhaps run its course”. Yet the problem for Germany today is not its economic model, but rather inadequate economic policies and two deep-seated illusions. The ...

Die Schere zwischen Alterseinkommen und Mieten geht immer weiter auseinander : Interview mit Laura Romeu Gordo und Markus M. Grabka

Wohnkosten sind für immer mehr ältere Menschen in Deutschland eine Belastung

Wohnkosten sind seit 1996 stark gestiegen, insbesondere für Mieterinnen und Mieter – Zwei Drittel der älteren Mieterhaushalte geben über 30 Prozent ihres Einkommens für Wohnen aus, 1996 waren es 38 Prozent – Insbesondere Alleinlebende sind von hoher Belastung durch Wohnkosten betroffen In Deutschland steigen die Wohnkosten – und das ist insbesondere für ältere ...

Increasing numbers of older individuals in Germany burdened by housing costs

Housing costs have risen sharply since 1996, especially for renters - Two thirds of older renting households spend over 30 percent of their income on rent compared with 38 percent in 1996 – People living alone in particular are affected by high housing costs Housing costs are rising in Germany. This is becoming a more widespread problem for individuals aged 65 and older, as their incomes are not increasing ...