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Political implications of ‘green’ infrastructure in one’s ‘backyard’: the Green Party’s Catch 22?

A clean environment is a public good, with the benefits shared by all. While most individuals can agree on the need to implement green policies, we argue that the cost-benefit calculation is quite different depending on where one lives. Those individuals living in places where green infrastructure is infeasible, such as cities, can advocate for green technologies knowing that the chance of having to ...

Minor and inconsistent differences in Big Five personality traits between vegetarians and vegans

Most research examining individuals who follow different diets has combined vegetarians and vegans into a single group. To investigate whether this consolidation is justified, we analyzed possible differences between vegetarians and vegans for the Big Five personality traits in two studies. In our pre-study, we used data from a German convenience sample of 400 vegetarians and 749 vegans and found that ...

Is the German Middle Class Crumbling? Risks and Opportunities

Thriving middle classes are the backbone of democratic societies and strong economies, but in many countries, they face mounting pressure as their economic strength is eroding relative to higher-income households. Real wages and incomes for most middle-class households have grown only very slowly, and rising expenditures have been putting further pressure on living standards. Meanwhile, globalisation, ...

Human Wellbeing and Machine Learning

There is a vast literature on the determinants of subjective wellbeing. Yet, standard regression models explain little variation in wellbeing. We here use data from Germany, the UK, and the US to assess the potential of Machine Learning (ML) to help us better understand wellbeing. Compared to traditional models, ML approaches provide moderate improvements in predictive performance. Drastically expanding ...

Informing students about college: Increasing enrollment using a behavioral intervention?

This study sheds light on whether the provision of information on costs, financing options, and returns of college education results in higher application and college enrollment rates. Based on a behavioral intervention with more than 1,000 high school students in Germany, we provide evidence that the provision of such information increases college application and enrollment rates, in particular for ...

Workplace characteristics and employees` well-being: empirical analyses on job satisfaction, unhealthy lifestyles, and sickness absence

In dieser Dissertation wird die Beziehung zwischen Arbeitsplatzmerkmalen und dem subjektiven Wohlbefinden von Arbeitnehmern untersucht. Das Wohlbefinden wird in diesem Zusammenhang als ein Konzept verstanden, das aus drei Dimensionen besteht. Diese Dimensionen umfassen die Arbeitszufriedenheit, den ungesunden Lebensstil sowie die krankheitsbedingten Fehltage von Arbeitnehmern. Es wird analysiert inwiefern ...

SOEP-IS 2014 – Determinants of Attitudes to Income Redistribution

SOEP-IS 2013 – Research Proposal "Conspiracy Mentality"

SOEP-IS 2013 – Finding the Most Efficient Question Format for Long List Questions in Computer-assisted Surveys

SOEP-IS 2014 – Financial Investment Module