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Income, work, and health satisfaction differ primarily by household income, age, and parental status

Buchinger, Laura; Entringer, Theresa Margareta; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 14 (2024) 32/33/34, pp. 211-219

Subjective well-being is essential for both quality of life and a healthy society. Studies have shown that satisfied people have better relationships, are more productive, and have a longer life expectancy. General life satisfaction is being discussed as an alternative measure of prosperity...

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Income distribution in Germany : real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190

remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …

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Income inequality in Germany stagnating over the long term, but decreasing slightly during the coronavirus pandemic

Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 17/18, pp. 125-133

Both wages and needs-adjusted household income increased by ten percent between 2013 and 2018, benefiting all income groups. Wage inequality has been declining for many years and has now again reached the level of the early 2000s. At the same time, the low-wage sector shrank by two percentage...

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Real incomes increasing, low-income rate decreasing in individual age groups

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 17/18, pp. 231-239

The number of employed persons in Germany has grown by over five million since 2000, in part due to an increase in immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period. Since 2013, all income groups have been benefiting...

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Job insecurity, employability and health : an analysis for Germany across generations

Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - In: Applied economics 48 (2016) 13/15, pp. 1303-1316

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Childcare workers experience many stressors and little recognition

Gambaro, Ludovica; Spieß, C. Katharina; Westermaier, Franz - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 34, pp. 249-258

Childcare workers are essential for both families and society at large, and their working conditions and pay are often a topic of discussion. Using new data spanning until the end of 2019 from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) as well as a special SOEP additional survey in day care centers, this...

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The dynamic effects of retirement on well-being

Dusanee Kesavayuth; Rosenman, Robert E.; Zikos, Vasileios - In: Applied economics 52 (2020) 54, pp. 5921-5935

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Macroeconomic conditions and well-being : do social interactions matter?

Colombo, Emilio; Rotondi, Valentina; Stanca, Luca M. - In: Applied economics 50 (2018) 28, pp. 3029-3038

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Refugees in Germany with children still living abroad have lowest life satisfaction

Gambaro, Ludovica; Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Schacht, Diana; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 42, pp. 415-425

Family strongly influences personal well-being-especially in the case of refugees, whose family members often remain in their homeland. This report is the first to closely examine the well-being and family structures of refugees who came to Germany between January 2013 and January 2016. It uses...

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Inequality in Germany : decrease in gap for gross hourly wages since 2014, but monthly and annual wages remain on plateau

Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 9, pp. 83-92

Despite the booming German labor market, wage inequality is still a relevant issue. In the present study, the authors report on the changes in wages and their distribution between 1992 and 2016. In addition to real contractual gross hourly wages, we closely examined gross monthly and annual...

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