Globalisierung und Digitalisierung bieten vielfältige neue Möglichkeiten, jedoch sehen viele Menschen sie aber auch als Bedrohung ihrer sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Stellung. Wie gewichten Menschen diese Risiken? Wo erwarten sie Unterstützung vom Staat beziehungsweise eine gesellschaftliche Absicherung? In welchem Verhältnis steht die subjektiv empfundene soziale Sicherheit zu...
This empirical investigation into life satisfaction, using nationally representative German panel data, finds a substantial association with an individual’s thoughts about the future, whether they are optimistic or pessimistic about it. Furthermore, including individuals’ optimism and pessimism about the future substantially increases the explanatory power of standard life satisfaction models. The ...
We estimate the causal effect of maternal education on the mental health of mother’s children in late adolescence and adulthood. Theoretical considerations are ambiguous about a causal effect of maternal education on children’s mental health. To identify the causal effect of maternal education, we exploit exogenous variation in maternal years of schooling, caused by a compulsory schooling law reform ...
Since 1998, public firms have had to adapt to a market environment that is verydifferent from the post-war era in Europe. The liberalisation of services of generaleconomic interest across Europe led to competition between public and privateproviders, while new technologies require infrastructure investment and innovativesolutions. In addition, urbanisation and population ageing pose new challenges ...
