Seit Januar liegen die abschließenden Empfehlungen des Wissenschaftsrates zu den großen Wirtschaftsforschungsinstituten vor. Damit kann die Diskussion um deren Rolle in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften und der Politikberatung, die in den letzten Monaten weitgehend hinter verschlossenen Türen geführt wurde, öffentlich gemacht werden. Worum geht es in der Diskussion? Anhand welcher Maßstäbe bewertete der ...
While the positive influence of higher education on income has been repeatedly confirmed, the linking channel can be ambiguous. Within the framework of estimating the effect of income on life satisfaction, various sources of endogeneity caused by joint determination are addressed and the earnings equation is reconsidered, too: We cast doubt on the hypothesis of the direct influence of educational achievement ...
A person’s socioeconomic status (SES) can affect health (social causation) and health can affect SES (health selection). The findings for each of these pathways may depend on how SES is measured. We study (1) whether social causation or health selection is more important for overall health inequalities, (2) whether this differs between stages of the life course, and (3) between measures of SES. Using ...