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Household (M1/M2) 2016 - field version (de)

Individual and Biography (M1/M2, Initial Interview) 2016 - field version (de)

Individual (M1/M2, Follow-up) 2016 - field version (de)

Household (PAPI) 2016 - field version (de)

Individual (PAPI) 2016 - field version (de)

Can Simulated Experience Be Harnessed to Help People Make Investment Decisions?

To make profitable investment decisions, investors must know and understand their risks. They can learn about these risks in different ways. Evidence suggests that investors who learn from a “risk tool” simulator perceive financial risk more accurately, feel more informed and confident, and thus take on more financial risk. We attempt a conceptual replication of these findings, exploring whether they ...

Older Households: Comparison of Income, Wealth, and Survival in the United States with Selected Countries

Income and wealth disparities among older households were wider in the United States than in selected countries from 1998 through 2019, according to GAO's review of households headed by those 55 and older. For example, in 2007, the median, or “typical,” income of high-income older households in the United States was about 12 times greater than that of low-income households, compared to about 6 ...

Do Personality Traits Moderate the Effects of Cohabitation, Separation, and Widowhood on Life Satisfaction? A Longitudinal Test for Germany

The start and end of a romantic relationship are associated with substantial changes in life satisfaction. Yet, whether Big Five personality traits moderate these relationship transition effects is hardly known. Such knowledge helps to understand individual variation in relationship transition effects and provides the possibility to further test the stress and social support explanations of these effects. ...

Gewichtung der CoV-Studie der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung von Geflüchteten

Political socialization, political gender gaps and the intergenerational transmission of left-right ideology

While left and right are the main terms to distinguish political views in Western Europe, the family socialization of citizens has mainly been studied in terms of partisan preferences rather than identification with these ideological blocks. Therefore, this study investigates the intergenerational transmission of left-right ideological positions in two European multiparty systems. To investigate expectations ...