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Germany under the Tinfoil Hat? The associations of the big five personality traits and coronavirus conspiracy beliefs with the intention to get vaccinated

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, ...

Essays in Migration and Regional Trends in Germany (Dissertation)

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 ...

Die Armen sind ein bisschen weniger arm

Die Vermögen in Deutschland sind nicht ganz so ungleich verteilt, wenn man Rentenansprüche berücksichtigt. Das zeigt eine Studie des DIW. Große Unterschiede gibt es aber trotzdem.

Effects of the German Minimum Wage on Wages and Household Income

This article examines the effects of the introduction of the statutory minimum wage on the distribution of individual income from wages, as well as gross and net means-weighted income of workers in Germany. For the first time, data from the Survey of Income and Consumption was used, in which incomes are recorded in great detail. Both descriptive findings and the results of Unconditional Quantile Regressions ...

Perceived expectations for active aging: the role of motivational and personality factors

Perceived expectations for active aging (PEAA) reflect subjective exposure to social expectations about staying active and fit in old age, for example, by maintaining health and social engagement. We investigated whether motivational and personality factors were related to PEAA in the domains of physical health, mental health, and social engagement. We used a nationally representative sample of German ...

Oil price shocks and household heterogeneity: the income side

We provide evidence on the transmission of oil price movements to individual incomes for a large oil-importing economy. To do so, we trace the footprint of oil price surprises on the income elements of a representative household panel for Germany. An inflationary oil price shock persistently increases the likelihood of unemployment and leads to a sticky decline in contracted labour incomes even though ...

SOEP-IS 2022 – Questionnaire for the SOEP Innovation Sample - Feldversion (en)

Documentation of the Causal Effect of Liberalizing Legal Requirements on Naturalization Intentions

Wie hast du’s mit dem Fleischkonsum?

Neue Daten zu Ernährungsstilen in Deutschland: Die Einteilung der Menschen in Carnivoren und Vegetarier verfehlt die gesellschaftliche Wirklichkeit.

Vermögensungleichheit und ökonomische Eliten

Vermögen ist zu einer zentralen Dimension sozialer Ungleichheit und der Sozialstrukturanalyse avanciert. Dieses Kapitel zielt darauf ab, eine umfassende Einführung in die Forschung zur Vermögensungleichheit zu bieten. Zuerst werden grundlegende Begriffe definiert, um darauf aufbauend die komplexen Aspekte der Vermögensmessung und -verteilung zu erörtern. Danach wird ein Überblick über den aktuellen ...