This paper re-evaluates the US external deficit which has considerably widened over the 1990s. US safe asset provision to the rest of the world is the dominant explanation for the persistent nature of the US external deficit. We suggest that apart from the safe asset hypothesis, there is an important role for technology shocks originating in US multinational companies that have a strong foreign direct ...
The comparative study of housing decommodification lags behind classical welfare state research, while housing research itself is rich in homeownership studies but lacks comparative accounts of private and social rentals due to missing comparative data. Building on existing works and various primary sources, this study presents a new collection of up to forty-eight countries’ social housing shares ...
Rent control is a highly debated social policy that has been omnipresent since World War I. Since the 2010s, it is experiencing a true renaissance, for many cities and countries facing chronic housing shortages are desperately looking for solutions, directing their attention to controling housing rents and other restrictive policies. Is rent control useful or does it create more damage than utility? ...
Besonders in Großstädten wird die Wohnsituation in Deutschland oft als problematisch wahrgenommen, etwa durch hohe Mieten bei Neuvermietungen und einem Mangel an verfügbarem Wohnraum. Gestützt auf Langzeitdaten des SOEP untersucht der Bericht, welche Rolle die Wohnsituation für die Lebenszufriedenheit in Deutschland spielt und wie zufrieden unterschiedliche Bevölkerungsgruppen mit ihrer Wohnsituation ...
