Ein wichtiges Thema bei den aktuellen Koalitionsverhandlungen um die Schwerpunkte der Politik für die nächste Legislaturperiode ist die Finanzpolitik. Es wäre sehr gut wenn es gelänge, die Subventionen in dieser Zeit die Subventionen substanziell zu verringern und so einen Beitrag zur...

In this paper, we study the relationship between intrahousehold bargaining styles, bar-gaining power and individual pension contributions and expected standard of living in retirement, using microdata from the German Panel on Household Finances (PHF) survey. The paper builds on a theoretical...

Wealth in addition to income determines to a large degree an individual’s consumption opportunities and economic situation, which should in turn affect their subjective well-being. We analyse empirically the relationship between life satisfaction as an indicator of subjective well being and...