Zufriedenheit mit Einkommen, Arbeit und Gesundheit in den vergangenen 20 Jahren gestiegen oder stabil geblieben – Unterschiede in der Bevölkerung in Deutschland aber teils erheblich – Menschen mit geringen Haushaltseinkommen in allen Bereichen unzufriedener als Menschen mit hohen Einkommen – Eltern unzufriedener mit Gesundheit als Personen ohne Kinder Die Zufriedenheit der Bevölkerung in Deutschland ...
Background Experiencing the onset of a chronic disease is a serious health event impacting living conditions and wellbeing. Investigating wellbeing development and its predictors is crucial to understand how individuals adapt to chronic illnesses. This study (i) analyzed the impact of a chronic disease on wellbeing development, and (ii) explored spatial healthcare access as potential moderating factor. ...
The seminar will share two connected papers, one newer, and in more need of feedback, than the other. The premise of both is the received wisdom that income rank matters for welfare, in particular life satisfaction. In most discussions, however, income comparisons are limited to the national population and evidence is correlational. In the first paper, we report on an experiment that randomized...
An influential body of economic literature has consistently shown strong associations between cognitive abilities and economic preferences. However, much of this research has overlooked the potential endogeneity of cognitive abilities - an oversight given that these abilities stem from a series of investment decisions influenced by factors likely correlated with economic preferences. To address...
Fierce debate over the feasibility of cardinally measuring utility – or ‘wellbeing’ – with surveys has recently resurfaced. Several prominent papers claimed that when interpreting survey data as strictly ordinal, most of the literature’s results are easily reversed. We systematically assess this claim. To do so, we replicate the universe of wellbeing research published in top economics journals...
Einsamkeit hat fatale Folgen für die gesamte Gesellschaft. Jede und jeder kann betroffen sein. Es gibt aber drei Gruppen, die vor allem Nachteile erfahren. Zunehmend setzt sich auch in der Politik die Erkenntnis durch, dass Einsamkeit nicht das Problem jedes einzelnen Menschen ist, sondern erheblichen Schaden für Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft verursacht. Auf Basis repräsentativer Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen ...