Two significant drivers of a person's financial situation in old age are pension income and costs for long-term care dependence. Both are unknown when the person makes her most important financial decisions, which makes it particularly interesting to understand her beliefs about them and how they influence her choices. In a representative survey, we elicit detailed expectations about individuals...
Die LNG-Ausbaupläne der Bundesregierung sind überflüssig, schreiben Claudia Kemfert und Christian von Hirschhausen vom DIW in ihrem Standpunkt. Sie raten zu einem Stopp des Infrastrukturausbaus. Denn eine Gasmangellage sei nicht mehr absehbar und auch der Rest Europas könne gut versorgt werden. Stattdessen solle der Erdgas-Ausstieg vorangetrieben werden. Trotz heftiger Bürgerproteste unter anderem ...
Die Entscheidung des US-Supreme-Courts zum Verbot von Affirmative Action, also der Auswahl von Studierenden auf Grundlage ihrer Ethnizität, schlägt hohe Wellen. Zeit für Deutschland, Lehren aus dieser Diskussion ziehen. Dieser Gastbeitrag erschien am 1. Juli 2023 im SPIEGEL. In Bezug auf Chancengleichheit und Diversität, gerade an Hochschulen, ist Deutschland mehr als rückständig. Selbst die Rechtfertigung ...
The assumption that economic resources are equally shared within households has been found to be untenable for income but is still often upheld for wealth. In this introduction to the special issue “Wealth in Couples”, we argue that within-household inequality in wealth is a pertinent and under-researched area that is ripe for development. To this end, we outline the relevance of wealth for demographic ...
The energy crisis and the accelerated transition to climate neutrality result in a shift from the traditional energy trilemma to an “energy quartet” across Europe. Firstly, the criteria of affordability, previously focused on short-term price developments, broadens to reliable affordability including in crises. Secondly, clean energy traditionally focused on clean production now extends to clean energy ...
The COVID-19 pandemic was a long-lasting and stressful event that had enormous psychological, economic, and social consequences. This study extends prior research by examining the relationship between infection rates and mental health as well as its dependency on social class. Therefore, we used large-scale data from a nationwide sample (N = 5,742) across two time periods in the COVID-19 pandemic in ...