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A weighty issue revisited: the dynamic effect of body weight on earnings and satisfaction in Germany

We estimate the relationship between changes in the body mass index (bmi) and wages or satisfaction, respectively, in a panel of German employees. In contrast to previous findings, our dynamic models indicate an inverse u-shaped association between bmi and wages. As the implied maximum occurs in the ‘overweight’ category, the positive trend in weight may not yet constitute a major limitation to productivity. ...

A Comparative Analysis of East and West German Labor Markets: Before and After Unification

Observations and Conjectures on the U.S. Employment Miracle

Occupational gender segregation and gender differences in justice evaluations

Gender differences in justice evaluations of earnings are of considerable interest since the late 1970s, especially against the backdrop that women usually earn less than men but widely perceive their earnings as being more just. Newer research specifically draws attention to contextual influences in order to explain this seeming paradox. The idea of this paper is to first identify three parameters ...

East German Incomes Continue to Rise - But Renewed Increase in Poverty

Low income dynamics in Unified Germany

Income, poverty and dynamics in Germany

Quality of life and inequality (Chapter 7)

The term ‘quality of life research’ refers to a general theoretical framework rather than to a specific theory of welfare or well-being. Most of the various definitions and conceptions of quality of life within this framework cite the multidimensional character of living conditions. In this respect, they differ from views of economic welfare that are primarily income-or GDP-driven. Another broadly ...

Combating Poverty in Europe: The German Welfare Regime in Practice (Studies in cash and care)

Income Groups and Types of Employment in Germany since 1995

This report examines how income groups and forms of employment in Germany have changed in the past two decades. Since the mid-1990s, inequality in disposable household income in Germany has generally increased. This trend was in effect until 2005. While fewer people had disposable incomes in the median range, the proportion of the population at both tails of the income distribution increased. At the ...