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Life satisfaction and relative income : perceptions and evidence
Mayraz, Guy (contributor); Wagner, Gert G. (contributor);  … - 2009
In questions inserted into the 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel we ask subjects to report their income relative to different reference groups, such as fellow employees, other people in their profession, same age and same gender groups, friends, and neighbours. In addition subjects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003868522
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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931691
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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und Mindestlöhnen : zur Reform des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
In diesem Beitrag werden die Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und eines Mindestlohnes für Deutschland …In this contribution employment effects of wage subsidies and a minimum wage are analyzed for Germany. Existing studies … general minimum wage for Germany. The magnitude of the negative employment effects depends on the minimum wage level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905958
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Low-wage jobs : stepping stone or poverty trap?
Knabe, Andreas; Plum, Alexander - 2010
We examine whether low-paid jobs have an effect on the occupational advancement probability of unemployed persons to obtain better-paid jobs in the future (stepping-stone effect). We make use of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and apply a dynamic random-effects probit model. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796259
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Mindestlöhne, Lohnsubventionen und Einkommenssicherung im Wohlfahrtsstaat : Verteilungswirkungen von Reformalternativen für Deutschland
Steiner, Viktor - 2010
Deutschland schon seit längerem und wurden im Zuge der jüngsten Arbeitsmarktreformen ausgeweitet. Aktuelle Reformvorschläge für … Deutschland zielen zum einen auf die weiterführende Reform des Niedriglohnsektors, zum anderen auf dessen Rückführung durch die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796604
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Income, happiness, and the disutility of labor
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen - 2009
We reexamine the claim that the effect of income on subjective well-being suffers from a systematic downward bias if one ignores that higher income is typically associated with more work effort. We analyze this claim using German panel data, controlling for individual unobserved heterogeneity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003876027
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Dissatisfied with life, but having a good day : time-use and well-being of the unemployed
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Schöb, Ronnie; … - 2009
We apply the Day Reconstruction Method to compare unemployed and employed people with respect to their subjective assessment of emotional affects, differences in the composition and duration of activities during the course of a day, and their self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003877436
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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962861
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Konsolidierung der Staatsfinanzen
Steiner, Viktor - 2010
Die Konsolidierung der Staatsfinanzen nach der gegenwärtigen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise wird eines der zentralen wirtschaftspolitischen Themen der nächsten Jahre sein: Die Regelungen zur "Schuldenbremse" sehen für den Bundeshaushalt bis 2016 einen annähernd ausgeglichenen Haushalt vor, und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962932
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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962944