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Late-life decline in well-being across adulthood in Germany, the UK, and the US : something is seriously wrong at the end of life
Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Mayraz, Guy; Hidajat, Mira; … - 2010
national samples from Germany, the UK, and the US, we examine how long this period lasts. In all three nations and across the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825081
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Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age U-shape in human wellbeing
Schwandt, Hannes - 2013
A large literature in behavioral and social sciences has found that human wellbeing follows a U-shape over age. Some theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially abandoned and experienced with less regret during old...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128253
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You're fired! : the causal negative effect of unemployment on life satisfaction
New, Sonja C. de (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper examines the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction for Germany 1984-2006, using a sample of men and … explicitly identifies truly exogenous unemployment entries starting from 1991. We find that for women in East and West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745066
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Killing them with kindness : negative distributional externalities of increasing UI benefits
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Vorell, Matthias - 2009
Of the many labour market Hartz IV reforms that have been implemented in Germany since 2005, the role of short …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861427
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Nickel and dimed German style : the working poor in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2009
" phenomenon in Germany remains relatively small and statistically unchanged by the Hartz reforms. -- Income distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861434
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Labor force status dynamics in the German labor market : individual heterogeneity and cyclical sensitivity
Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2009
. Heterogeneity in unemployment and transition rates differ between East and West Germany, as well as between the sexes. In East … Germany, all demographic cells are almost entirely detached from the cycle. Women are less influenced by the cycle in their re …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884974
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Triggers and determinants of severe household indebtedness in Germany
Keese, Matthias - 2009
Overindebted private households have created economic and political concern. Using measures of relative (over-) indebtedness which relate household income and debt services to different concepts of subsistence levels, this paper investigates whether severe household indebtedness is driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903627
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Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland : Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators
Suntum, Ulrich van; Prinz, Aloys; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008858404
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Choices which change life satisfaction : similar results for Australia, Britain and Germany
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2011
Using data from national socio-economic panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany, this paper analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008859059
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Interrelationships among locus of control and years in management and unemployment : differences by gender
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010
This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes for men and women at two opposite poles of the labour market: high level managerial / leadership positions and unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824281