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Electoral Turnout and Income Redistribution by the State: A Cross-National Analysis of the Developed Democracies

State Redistribution in Comparative Perspective: A Cross-national Analysis of the Developed Countries

Political Sources of Government Redistribution in High-Income Countries

Electoral Turnout and State Redistribution: A Cross-National Study of 14 Developed Countries

This study explores the relationship between electoral participation and income redistribution by way of social transfers, using data from the European Social Survey, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems and the Luxembourg Income Study. It extends previous research by measuring the income skew of turnout rather than using average turnout as a proxy for its income bias. We find that a larger income ...

Essays on job search behavior and labor market policies: The role of subjective beliefs, geographical mobility and gender differences

Persistently high unemployment rates are a major threat to the social cohesion in many societies. To moderate the consequences of unemployment industrialized countries spend substantial shares of their GDP on labor market policies, while in recent years there has been a shift from passive measures, such as transfer payments, towards more activating elements which aim to promote the reintegration into ...

Erstelternschaft und Quality of Life (Diplomarbeit)

The Persistence of the Gender Wage Gap in Germany

The gender wage gap is remarkably persistent in Germany. Additionally it is among the European Member states one of the highest. The paper examines the empirical data which allow analysing the gender wage gap; it discusses the development of the gender pay gap over time, the trends in wage inequality and the incidence of low pay. As institutional factors are of certain importance, the paper describes ...

Annika Eder: Familiäre Konsequenzen elterlicher Arbeitslosigkeit (Rezension)

Risikoeinstellung von Berufsanfängern bedingt Jobwechsel und Lohnwachstum

Je risikoscheuer, desto seltener entscheiden sich Beschäftigte für einen Jobwechsel zu Beginn ihrer Karriere. Aus diesem Verhalten ergibt sich allerdings nur ein moderat höheres Lohnniveau nach den ersten Jahren des Berufslebens im Vergleich zu risikofreudigeren Personen, die sich für einen Jobwechsel entscheiden. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine empirische Studie des ZEW. Untersucht wurde dabei, ob sich ...

Wie aussagekräftig sind unsere Daten zur Kinderbetreuung? Eine kleinräumige Validitätsprüfung anhand der Kinderbetreuungsdaten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels und der Kinderbetreuungsstudie des Deutschen Jugendinstitutes (Diplomarbeit)