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Restart-Performance and the Returns of Previous Self-Employment

Die Alterseinkommen von morgen: Zum Status der Altersvorsorge im Drei-Schichten-Modell

We analyze the future retirement incomes for current working cohorts in Germany both in absolute (replacement level) and in relative (replacement rate) terms. Due to the fundamental reforms of the statutory pension system implemented since 2001, it is necessary to include all relevant sources of retirement incomes, especially private (Riester-pension) and occupational pension schemes. For this purpose ...

Unternehmererfahrung und Unternehmensperformance - Sind Restarter erfolgreicher?

Do Justice Perceptions Support the Concept of Equal Sacrifice? Evidence from Germany

The ability-to-pay approach assesses taxes paid as a sacrifice by the taxpayers. This raises the question of how to define and how to measure it: in absolute, relative, or marginal terms? U.S. respondents prefer a tax schedule that is either a pure (absolute) Equal Sacrifice or a mixture of Equal Sacrifice and Utilitarianism [Weinzierl, 2014]. To determine whether Germans prefer absolute, relative, ...

Eine Ost-Quote für Deutschland? - Kommentar

Essays on Inequality: Income Distribution, (Just) Taxation and Well-being

This dissertation focuses on three dimensions of inequality: income, (just) taxation, and well-being. All chapters focus on a similar time horizon (2000 to 2015) and essentially on the same geographical area, Germany. The chapters are organized in four parts, each examining a specific research question and based on evidence from microdata - the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). The analysis of chapter ...

Macht Wochenendarbeit unzufrieden?

Mehr als 40 Prozent der Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland arbeiten nicht nur von Montag bis Freitag, sondern auch an Samstagen, ein Viertel geht sogar sonntags regelmäßig zur Arbeit. Zwischen 1996 und 2014 ist der Anteil derjenigen, die am Wochenende arbeiten, leicht gestiegen. Wie sich das Arbeiten am Wochenende auf die Schlaf- und Lebenszufriedenheit der Betroffenen auswirkt, ist indes wenig bekannt. ...

Braucht Deutschland eine Ost-Quote?

„Es wächst zusammen, was zusammen gehört“, kommentierte Willy Brandt 1989 den Mauerfall. 30 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall ist schon vieles zusammengewachsen, aber trotz vieler positiver Erfolge gilt Ostdeutschland weiterhin als strukturschwach, mit niedrigeren Löhnen und geringerer Wirtschaftskraft (SVR 2019). Auch haben sich nur wenige Konzernzentralen großer Unternehmen in Ostdeutschland niedergelassen. ...

Time Use and Time Budgets

Time use statistics offer a unique tool for exploring a wide range of policy concerns including social change; division of labor; allocation of time for household work; the estimation of the value of household production; transportation; leisure and recreation; pension plans; and health-care programmes, among others” (United Nations). This advisory report will discuss recent developments, improvements ...

Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: A Panel Analysis for Germany

Quality of life and satisfaction with life are of particular importance for individuals as well as for society concerning the "demographic change" with now longer retirement periods. This study will contribute to the life satisfaction discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern of explanation before and after such a prominent life cycle event, the entrance into retirement. In ...