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...

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 --...

E-Technologien revolutionieren die Geschäftsprozesse im Management. Sie reduzieren Transaktionskosten in einzelnen Geschäftsprozessen wie Vertrieb, Entwicklung, Produktion und Logistik. Transparenz und Geschwindigkeit werden zum Erfolgsfaktor für Geschäftsideen, die E-Technologien als...

This paper provides one of the first tests of adaptation to the complete set of residential transitions. We use long-run SOEP panel data and consider the impact of all housing transitions, whether or not they involve a change in housing tenure or geographical movement, on both life satisfaction...

We analyse a measure of loneliness from a representative sample of German individuals interviewed in both 2017 and at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Both men and women felt lonelier during the COVID-19 pandemic than they did in 2017. The pandemic more than doubled the gender...