Die vorliegende Online-Publikation fasst unter dem Titel "Ländliche Räume im demographischen Wandel" die Fachtagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Demographie (DGD) und des Bundesinstituts für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung von 2008 zusammen. Die...

Despite the relatively extensive research on pay levels and the consequences of income disparities, little is known about which reference groups people choose for comparative evaluation of personal income and why different selection patterns emerge. The aim of this paper is to dig deeper for...

This research investigates how family events in adult children's lives influence the timing of their parents' financial transfers. We draw on retrospective data collected by the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and use event history models to study the effects of marriage, divorce, and...