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Do unfair perceived own pay and top managers’ pay erode satisfaction with democracy?

Many people are relatively unsatisfied with the democratic system as it currently exists. In this empirical research note, the authors present evidence that German workers, who perceive their own pay or top managers? pay as unfair, are on average significantly less happy with the democracy in Germany. Thus, fairness perceptions in the labour market and of income inequality seem to have spillover effects ...

Why Women Don't Ask: Gender Differences in Fairness Perceptions of Own Wages and Subsequent Wage Growth

The authors analyze gender differences in fairness perceptions of own wages and subsequent wage growth. The main finding is that women perceive their wage more often as fair if controls for hourly wage rates, individual and job-related characteristics are taken into account. Furthermore, the gender difference is more pronounced for married than for single women. This points to the fact that social ...

Goodbye Smokers’ Corner: Health Effects of School Smoking Bans

We estimate the causal impact of school smoking bans in Germany on the propensity and intensity of smoking. Using representative longitudinal data, we use variation in state, year, age cohort, school track, and survey time for implementation of such smoking bans to identify the effects of interest. The estimates from our multipledifferences approach show that six to ten years after intervention, propensity ...

Formalisierte berufliche Weiterbildung - Sekundäranalysen auf Basis des SOEP und anderer internationale vergleichender Erhebungen (BENEFIT) (Abschlussbericht des Forschungsprojekt Nr. 2.3.105)

Erwerbsbeteiligung und Stille Reserve ostdeutscher Frauen

Selbständige und abhängige Erwerbstätigkeit - Arbeitsmarkt- und industrieökonomische Perspektiven

Bildungsrenditen in Deutschland steigen seit einigen Jahren wieder

Buchbesprechung: Werding, Martin, et al., Humankapital in Deutschland: Wachstum, Struktur und Nutzung der Erwerbseinkommenskapazität von 1984 bis 2006

Steigende Anzahl ausgegrenzter Jugendlicher in Deutschland

Obwohl Deutschland ein reiches Land ist, gibt es zunehmend Jugendliche, die keine ausreichende finanzielle und emotionale Unterstützung durch Familie und Freunde erfahren. Dies hat negative Folgen für die schulische und berufliche Bildung und für die gesellschaftliche Integration dieser Jugendlichen. Eine ZEWStudie untersucht erstmals das Ausmaß und die wichtigsten Ursachen der „Unverbundenheit von ...

On the Power of Childhood Impressions for Skill Formation: Initial Evidence and Unsettled Questions

Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto separated, research lines, one from economics, one from psychology, to discuss the relationship between childhood ...