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SOEP-Core – 2024: Individual (techn., with Reference to Variables)

Effizienzgewinne durch Staatsmodernisierung: Warum Verwaltungsqualität der neue Standortfaktor ist

Für Unternehmen ist das Thema Bürokratie längst zu einem handfesten Risiko avanciert, das ihre strategische Agilität unmittelbar berührt. Wenn Genehmi¬gungsverfahren für Investitionen sich über mehrere Jahre hinziehen, die Zulassung von Fachkräften aus Drittstaaten an umständlichen Prozessen scheitert oder Dokumentationspflichten immer komplexer werden, ist dies eine Bremse für Investitionen und Innovationen. ...

Fair Data Principles in Energy Research: An Empirical Analysis on Current Practices, Researcher Attitudes, Application Barriers and Practical Implications

For a successful energy transition, the FAIR data principles provide an essential framework for managing and reusing energy related data for research, yet their implementation remains limited. In this explorative study, we empirically examine how energy researchers engage with energy data in relation to FAIR data principles, research data platforms, and open science practices, while acknowledging the ...

The European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset: Leave Duration Entitlements for 21 Countries from 1970 to 2024

BACKGROUND Parenting leave policies shape how caregiving and paid work can be reconciled around the time of childbirth. They have important implications for fertility, employment, and gender equality. Still, there are limited quantitative cross-country data capturing longterm policy changes that impact how long parents can temporarily be away from work to care for their children, and how leave can ...

Payout Policies and Agency Conflicts in State-Owned Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from German Official Statistics

This study examines the payout policies of modern state-owned enterprises (SOEs) using unique official statistics on German SOEs from 2003 to 2014. The findings reveal that agency conflicts significantly influence SOEs’ payout behavior, leading to payout smoothing over time. Vertical agency costs, arising from owner-manager conflicts, and horizontal agency costs, stemming from owner-owner conflicts, ...

Housing Policy During COVID-19 Crisis

The economy was noticeably impacted by containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, homeowners and tenants had difficulty meeting their short-term obligations, such as paying mortgages and rent. In response to this dire situation, governments around the world implemented various restrictive and stimulating measures. These measures aimed to support tenants and homeowners during this ...

Narcissism and Wellbeing in Midlife and Beyond

Lauded psychotherapist and narcissism expert Otto Kernberg claimed that midlife crises were almost solely a narcissistic phenomenon. This article, in part, takes this claim as inspiration and investigates the relationship between grandiose narcissism and wellbeing. Importantly, and following previous research, this work considers grandiose narcissism in two distinct ways: an agentic admiration aspect ...

Konjunkturprognose Herbst 2025

Deutsche Konjunktur dank Finanzpaket vor Aufschwung – Unsicherheiten in der Weltwirtschaft Deutsche Wirtschaft Weltwirtschaft Links und Downloads Deutsche Wirtschaft schleppt sich aus dem Konjunkturtief, nach holprigem Jahresstart geht es fortan langsam aufwärts – Mini-Wachstum von voraussichtlich 0,2 Prozent in diesem Jahr Aufschwung steht dank Finanzpaket für Infrastruktur und Klimaschutz, ...

Aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben: Deutsche Wirtschaft vor dem Aufschwung

Deutsche Wirtschaft in diesem Jahr nur mit Mini-Wachstum – Spürbare Beschleunigung in Jahren 2026 und 2027 – Finanzpakete als Konjunkturmotor für Deutschland – US-Zollpolitik wirft Schatten auf Weltwirtschaft Nach dem Zickzackkurs im ersten Halbjahr findet die deutsche Wirtschaft fortan in die Spur und nimmt mehr und mehr Fahrt auf. Im Jahresdurchschnitt 2025 ist das Wachstum mit 0,2 Prozent noch ...

German economy poised for upturn thanks to fiscal package; uncertainties in the global economy

The German economy is slowly emerging from its trough. After a bumpy start to the year, which was marked by tariff-related special effects, growth in 2025 remains subdued at 0.2 percent. However, the economy is gradually picking up speed from the current third quarter onwards. Over the next two years, this will translate into noticeable economic growth of 1.7 and 1.8 percent annually, respectively. ...