novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find … negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB for colleagues, people in the same occupation and friends, but not …

This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the …

extent this contention holds and to what extent Germany pragmatically responded to different crisis phenomena. A proper …

Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the …

default. Due to a multitude of large scale events in its past, Germany is far from being an exception: In fact, Germany … Germany's public finances against the standard theoretical background using a unique database, retrieved from multiple sources … historical perception of Germany as the poster child of European public finance. Given these corresponding breaks in time series …

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …

In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that …