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Very wealthy people influence political and societal processes by wielding their economic power through foundations, lobbying groups, media campaigns, as investors and employers. Because personality shapes goals, attitudes, and behaviour, it is important to understand the personality traits that characterize the rich. We used representative survey data to construct two large samples, one from the general ...
In:
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
9 (2022), 1, 94
| Marius Leckelt, Johannes König, David Richter, Mitja D. Back, Carsten Schröder
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Berlin:
empirica,
2022,
(Studie im Auftrag der FDP-Landtagsfraktion NRW)
| Reiner Braun, Markus M. Grabka
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This study investigated whether employees' career transitions from the private to the public sector are related to their previous absences, where absenteeism is a proxy for a preference for shirking (exerting low effort). The aim was to determine whether workers who shirk are more likely to select public sector jobs. We differentiated absenteeism by type, such as health problems or childcare obligations, ...
In:
Kyklos
75 (2022), 3, 394-409
| Andree Ehlert, Eva García-Morán
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Background: The transition to parenthood is characterized by far-reaching changes in life. However, little prospective-longitudinal evidence from general population samples exists on changes of general physical and mental health in the years around the birth of a child among mothers and fathers. Methods: Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), this study examined continuous and ...
In:
Journal of Affective Disorders
301 (2022), 138-144
| Eva Asselmann, Susan Garthus-Niegel, Susanne Knappe, Julia Martini
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Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2020,
(Politikberatung kompakt 157)
| Stefan Bach
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In Deutschland sind die Vermögen sehr ungleich verteilt. Um die hohe Ungleichheit langfristig zu reduzieren, könnte die neue Bundesregierung das Wohneigentum, die ergänzende Altersvorsorge und sonstiges Vorsorgesparen stärker fördern. Deutlich schneller und effektiver könnte ein Grunderbe die Vermögensungleichheit senken. In diesem Bericht wird ein Grunderbe von bis zu 20 000 Euro simuliert, das an ...
In:
DIW Wochenbericht
88 (2021), 50, 807-815
| Stefan Bach
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Wealth is very unequally distributed in Germany. To effect a long-term reduction, the new Federal Government could focus on more effectively promoting home ownership, supplementary retirement provision, and other precautionary savings. However, a universal capital endowment could decrease wealth inequality much more rapidly and successfully. In this report, a universal capital endowment of up to 20,000 ...
In:
DIW Weekly Report
11 (2021), 49-52, 379-387
| Stefan Bach
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Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2017,
(Politikberatung kompakt 124)
| Stefan Bach, Hermann Buslei
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Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2017,
(Politikberatung kompakt 122)
| Stefan Bach, Hermann Buslei, Björn Fischer
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Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2018,
(Politikberatung kompakt 128)
| Stefan Bach, Hermann Buslei, Björn Fischer, Michelle Harnisch