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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
It is well documented that well-being typically evinces precipitous decrements at the end of life. However, research has primarily taken a postdictive approach by knowing the outcome (date of death) and aligning, in retrospect, how well-being has changed for people with documented death events. In the present study, we made use of a predictive approach by examining whether and how levels of and changes ...
In:
Psychology and Aging
32 (2017) 6, S. 507-520
| Gizem Hülür, Jutta Heckhausen, Christiane A. Hoppmann, Frank J. Infurna, Gert G. Wagner, Nilam Ram, Denis Gerstorf
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Similar to many other OECD countries, income inequality in Germany has increased over the past decades. However, it is not yet clear to what extent there has actually been a decline at the household level. Our study therefore examines what is behind the increased income inequality: increases or decreases of household incomes or a change in the composition of the population. Using SOEP data from 19...
07.02.2018| Karin Kurz and Jörg Hartmann (both University of Göttingen)
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DIW Weekly Report 4/5 / 2018
In Germany, around 200 billion euros are invested every year in knowledge-based capital, which encompasses assets such as research and development, software and databases, organizational capital, marketing and advertising, and technical design. Yet investments in traditional capital (such as machinery and non-residential buildings) still significantly outweigh knowledge investments, standing at over ...
2018| Heike Belitz, Marie Le Mouel, Alexander Schiersch
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Pressemitteilung
First study using official company records — more knowledge-based capital increases productivity — some sectors are already investing more in knowledge-based capital than in machines and buildings — economic policy must take a holistic approach towards investments
Every year in Germany, around 200 billion euros are invested in knowledge-based capital, such as research and development ...
01.02.2018
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
The wage curve introduced by Blanchflower and Oswald (1990, 1994b) postulates a negative correlation between wages and unemployment. Empirical studies use different channels for a theoretical underpinning the relationship. Panel data models mostly draw on bargaining power or the efficiency wage hypothesis. Spatial econometric approaches can be rationalized by monopsonistic competition. However, the ...
In:
Review of Regional Research
38 (2018), 1, S. 53-75
| Reinhold Kosfeld, Christian Dreger
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Pressemitteilung
The German economy continues to soar: the German Institute for Economic Research’s (DIW Berlin) Economic Barometer is at its highest reading in seven years. The index score for the first quarter landed at 118 points, an increase of almost four points compared to the last quarter of 2017. The Economic Barometer is thus well-above the 100-point mark that corresponds to the long-term average growth ...
31.01.2018
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Pressemitteilung
Der Höhenflug der deutschen Wirtschaft geht weiter: Zum Jahresauftakt ist das Konjunkturbarometer des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) auf den höchsten Stand seit sieben Jahren geklettert. Der Indexstand für das erste Quartal beträgt nun 118 Punkte – das sind knapp vier Punkte mehr als im Schlussquartal 2017. Damit liegt das Konjunkturbarometer ...
31.01.2018
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Pressemitteilung
In wichtigen Bereichen wie Steuerpolitik, Bildung und Energie muss die zukünftige Große Koalition deutlich ambitionierter sein – Reformbedarf in Deutschland wird unzureichend angepackt
Deutschlands nächste Regierung wird höchstwahrscheinlich erneut eine Große Koalition. Die Ergebnisse der Sondierungen zwischen Unionsparteien und SPD, die als Basis für die gegenwärtigen ...
31.01.2018
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Pressemitteilung
In important areas such as tax policy, education, and energy, the future grand coalition must be considerably more ambitious – The need for reform in Germany is not being addressed sufficiently
Germany’s next government will most likely once again be a grand coalition. However, the results of the preliminary coalition talks between the Union parties and the SPD, which serve as a basis ...
31.01.2018
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Bericht
Seit dem 15. Juni 2017 dürfen Mobilfunkanbieter im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum keine Preisaufschläge für im europäischen Ausland geführte Gespräche, verschickte SMS oder die Datennutzung verlangen. Mit dieser Regulierung soll ein digitaler Binnenmarkt ohne Benachteiligung der KonsumentInnen geschaffen werden. Die EU-Verordnung lässt Veränderungen in den ...
31.01.2018| Lilo Wagner