The German government decided to use Amartya Sen's capability approach as the conceptual framework for the national ‘Poverty and Wealth Reports’ but concluded at the same time that the purely income-based at-risk-of-poverty rate (AROPR) is a satisfactory instrument to operationalise the capability approach. This decision made the latter the official measure to analyse poverty in Germany. This ...
This thesis investigates the relationship between local happiness and firm investment decisions in Germany for the period 2000 to2015. Investments in capital and research and development (R&D) are hypothesized to be effected by the sentimental setting of decision makers due to their inherent risk and long-term characteristics. The analysis finds no evidence that capital expenditures are correlated ...
Ringbäck Weitoft et al. present intriguing evidence indicating that the lower mortality among immigrants compared to the host population in register studies could largely be explained by inaccurate denominator figures. Their findings suggest that immigrants to Sweden, particularly those from Turkey and Southern Europe, frequently remain registered on the national population registry even after returning ...