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Like all modern Western societies, Germany is a multilingual country. While German is the most widely spoken language, both as a first language and as an everyday language, residents who do not have German as their first language but another language (or several other languages) and/or who use another language (or several other languages) in their everyday life besides, are estimated to make up about ...
In:
Alexandra N. Lenz, Barbara Soukup, Wolfgang Koppensteiner ,
Standard Languages in Germanic-Speaking Europe: Attitudes and Perception (Standard Language Ideology in Contemporary Europe 4)
Oslo: Novus Press
121-150
| Albrecht Plewnia
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Background The governments of democracies worldwide are relying on the active cooperation of their populations to combat COVID-19. Simultaneously, beliefs in conspiracy theories surrounding the pandemic have flourished. The present article examines the effects of the big five personality traits and conspiracy beliefs on the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Germany. Methods This correlational, ...
In:
Journal of Infection and Public Health
17 (2024), 9, 102519
| Stefan Poier, Anna Maria Nikodemska-Wołowik
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Germany is characterised by a remarkable history of labour migration, particularly since World War II. The country experiences regional economic disparities, manifested in varying income inequality levels, employment prospects, economic development and infrastructure. These regional differences and the existence of structural barriers shape the extent to which migrants integrate into society. This ...
2024,
| Maria Popova
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Beim Thema Erbschaft sind auch 33 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung noch große Differenzen zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland auszumachen. In Ostdeutschland wird seltener und im Schnitt auch weniger geerbt. Ein Experte erklärt, woran das liegt.
In:
rbb24, 2023-11-18
(2023),
| Simon Wenzel
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Hypothetical bias is the discrepancy between stated preferences and actual choices. As such, it is one of the key issues regarding the use of hypothetical survey methods and therefore highly relevant for economists in understanding human behavior and refining policy interventions. Hypothetical survey methods are often used to inform our view on decision making in health and financial settings. However, ...
Essen:
RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung,
2024,
(Ruhr Economic Papers, No. 1091)
| Anna Werbeck
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Aus dem Handelsblatt-Archiv: Faktoren wie Glück, Mut oder Fleiß entscheiden darüber, wer es in Deutschland zu Reichtum bringt. Vom Mindset der Millionärinnen und Millionäre können Sie einiges lernen.
In:
Handelsblatt online, 2024-10-08
(2024),
| Christian Wermke
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This paper proposes IV-based estimators for the semiparametric distribution regression model in the presence of an endogenous regressor, which are based on an extension of IV probit estimators and the idea of control functions. We discuss the causal interpretation of the estimators and two methods (monotone rearrangement and isotonic regression) to ensure a monotonically increasing distribution function. ...
In:
Labour Economics
90 (2024), 102565
| Dominik Wied
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Fliegen hat dabei einen großen Einfluss, zeigt eine Studie. Doch beim Wohnen gibt es eine Überraschung.
In:
Frankfurter Rundschau, 2024-07-04
(2024),
| Joachim Wille
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Self-control is a personality dimension that is associated with better physical health and a longer lifespan. Here, we examined (1) whether self-control is associated with buccal and saliva DNA-methylation (DNAm) measures of biological aging quantified in children, adolescents, and adults, and (2) whether biological aging measured in buccal DNAm is associated with self-reported health. Following preregistered ...
In:
Clinical Epigenetics
16 (2024), 1, 22
| Y. E. Willems, A. deSteiguer, P. T. Tanksley, L. Vinnik, D. Fraemke, A. Okbay, D. Richter, G. G. Wagner, R. Hertwig, P. Koellinger, E. M. Tucker-Drob, K. P. Harden, Laurel Raffington
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Von einer stillen Epidemie ist die Rede. Was ist das für ein Gefühl, das angeblich so gefährlich ist? Sind wir einsamer als früher? Und helfen Apps – oder besser ein Hund? Befragungen und Studien räumen mit Mythen auf.
In:
Frankfurter Allgemeine am Sonntag, 2024-07-28
(2024),
| Autoren der Wissenschaftsredaktion