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Methodenmix hilft beim finden und auswählen von sozialen Indikatoren - Anmerkungen zur Methodik des Projektes "Gut leben in Deutschland"

Wagner, Gert G. - 2016

Dieser Beitrag entstand im Rahmen der wissenschaftlichen Beratung des Regierungsprojektes „Gut leben in Deutschland …“, das von 2014 bis 2016 lief und das vorläufig mit einem Bericht der Bundesregierung zur „Lebensqualität in Deutschland … zur Lebensqualität, nämlich um das finden und auswählen von konkreten Indikatoren, die die Lebensqualität in Deutschland …

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Keeping in touch : a benefit of public holidays

Merz, Joachim (contributor); Osberg, Lars (contributor) - 2006

This paper argues that public holidays facilitate the co-ordination of leisure time but do not constrain the annual amount of leisure. Public holidays therefore have benefits both in the utility of leisure on holidays and (by enabling people to maintain social contacts more easily) in increasing...

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Time and income poverty : an interdependent multidimensional poverty approach with German time use diary data

Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - 2009

Income as the traditional one dimensional measure in well-being and poverty analyses is extended in recent studies by a multidimensional poverty concept. Though this is certainly a progress, however, two important aspects are missing: time as an important dimension and the interdependence of the...

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Sundays are blue : aren't they? ; the day-of-the-week effect on subjective well-being and socio-economic status

Akay, Alpaslan; Martinsson, Peter - 2009

This paper analyses whether individuals are influenced by the day of the week when reporting subjective well-being. By using a large panel data set and controlling for observed and unobserved individual characteristics, we find a large day-of the-week effect. Overall, we find a 'blue' Sunday...

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Intensity of time and income interdependent multidimensional poverty : well-being and minimum 2DGAP : German evidence

Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - 2011

Extending the traditional income poverty concept by multidimensional poverty has been of growing interest within the last years. This paper contributes with an analysis of interdependent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and income, which in particular restricts social...

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Polarization of time and income : a multidimensional approach with well-being gap and minimum 2DGAP ; German evidence

Merz, Joachim; Scherg, Bettina - 2013

A growing polarization of society accompanied with an erosion of the middle class experiences more and more attention at least in the German recent economic and social policy discussion. Our study contributes to the polarization discussion with respect to multidimensional theoretical measurement...

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Entrepreneurs and freelancers are they time and income multidimensional poor? : the German case

Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - 2016

Entrepreneurs and freelancers, the self-employed, commonly are characterized as not only to be relatively rich in income but also as to be rich in time because of their time-sovereignty in principle. Our introducing study scrutinises these results and notions about the well-being situation of...

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Intensity of Time and Income Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty : Well-Being and Minimum 2DGAP – German Evidence

Merz, Joachim - 2011

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Happy Taxpayers? Income Taxation and Well-Being

Akay, Alpaslan - 2013

This paper offers a first empirical investigation of how labor taxation (income and payroll taxes) affects individuals' well-being. For identification, we exploit exogenous variation in tax rules over time and across demographic groups using 26 years of German panel data. We find that the tax...

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Are Retirees More Satisfied? – Anticipation and Adaptation Effects of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being : A Panel Analysis for Germany

Merz, Joachim - 2018

Quality of life and satisfaction with life are of particular importance for individuals as well as for society concerning the “demographic change” with now longer retirement periods. This study will contribute to the life satisfaction discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern...

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