The objective of the study is to investigate the changing role of explanatory factors of wealth and the gender wealth gap in Germany over the period 2002-2012 using individual level microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel. The authors apply distributional decomposition methods and focus on the role of changes in labor supply, permanent income, portfolio composition, and marital status in this ...
In this paper, I estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal care supply, incorporating labor market frictions and the German tax and benefit system. I find that informal elderly care has adverse and persistent effects on labor market outcomes and therefore negatively affects lifetime earnings, future pension benefits, and individuals’ well-being. These consequences of ...
Die Abschaffung des Solidaritätszuschlags käme den Staat teuer, der wirtschaftliche Nutzen wäre gering. Von Bildung bis Generationengerechtigkeit warten große Aufgaben.Das Argument derer, die eine Abschaffung des Solidaritätszuschlags befürworten, klingt zunächst einleuchtend: Die Bundesregierung hat 1995 das Versprechen gegeben, dass die Erhebung des Solidaritätszuschlags ...
Herzlich Willkommen, Professor Leonardo Becchetti von der Universität Rom Tor Vergata! Die anonymisierten Forschungsdaten des SOEP werden ausschließlich nach Abschluss eines Kooperationsvertrags zwischen Forschenden und dem DIW Berlin weitergegeben. Becchettis Forschungsthema: Heterogeneity in Beliefs Comparing West and East Germany". Viel Erfolg.
Overcommitted individuals cannot withdraw from work obligations. We examine whether work goal engagement attenuates the negative effects of overcommitment on work and health outcomes. For overcommitted professionals it should matter whether they dedicate time and energy to work goals they feel bound to or to goals they do not feel attached to (unengaged overcommitment). In a longitudinal study of 752 ...
