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The benefits of believing in chance or fate : external locus of control as a protective factor for coping with the death of a spouse

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2010 - Former version

The death of a spouse is an extremely stressful life event that consequently causes a large drop in life satisfaction. Reactivity to the loss, however, varies markedly, a phenomenon that is currently not well understood. Because lack of controllability essentially contributes to the stressful...

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Examining mechanisms of personality maturation : the impact of life satisfaction on the development of Big Five personality traits

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2012

Individuals are expected to mature with increasing age, but it is not yet fully understood which factors contribute to this maturation process. Using data of a representative sample of Germans (N = 14,718) who gave information about their Big Five personality traits twice over a period of 4...

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Getting poor to work : three welfare increasing reforms for a busy Germany

Jessen, Robin; Rostam-Afschar, Davud; Steiner, Viktor - 2015

We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the means tested unemployment benefit, and two alternative...

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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013

examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …

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Top Incomes and Top Taxes in Germany

Corneo, Giacomo - 2006

We analyze the distribution and taxation of top incomes in Germany during the 1990s on the basis of individual tax … findings are as follows: (i) incomes are highly concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (ii) the German economic … concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (iv) although effective tax rates are significantly lower than statutory ones …

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Stability and change in affective experience across the adult life-span : analyses with a national sample from Germany

Kunzmann, Ute; Richter, David; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2013

Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a national sample spanning the adult lifespan, age differences in anger and sadness were explored. The cross-sectional and longitudinal findings consistently suggest that the frequency of anger increases during young adulthood, but then shows a...

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Everything under control? : the effects of age, gender, and education on trajectories of perceived control in a nationally representative German sample

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2012

Perceived control is an important variable for various demands involved in successful aging. However, perceived control is not set in stone, but rather changes throughout the life course. The aim of this study was to identify cross-sectional age differences and longitudinal mean-level changes as...

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Stability and change of personality across the life course : the impact of age and major life events on mean-level and rank-order stability of the Big Five

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2011

Does personality change across the entire life course, and are those changes due to intrinsic maturation or major life experiences? This longitudinal study investigated changes in the mean levels and rank order of the Big Five personality traits in a heterogeneous sample of 14,718 Germans across...

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An integrated micro data base for tax analysis in Germany

Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2017

die Steuerlast in Deutschland? - Verteilungswirkungen des deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystems” (Who bears the tax burden … in Germany? – Distributional Analyses of the German tax and transfer system). Financial support from the Hans Böckler …

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Die Zukunft des Electronic Business

Albach, Horst (ed.); Hummel, Johannes (ed.) - 2003

I -- E-Business — Quo Vadis? Analyses and Perspectives -- Geschäftsmodelle — ein Modebegriff auf der Waagschale -- Kundenbindungsmanagement bei Internet-Geschäftsmodellen — eine empirische Analyse -- II -- E-Strategie am Beispiel der Deutschen Bank — ein Bericht aus der Praxis --...

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