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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income : Perceptions and Evidence

Mayraz, Guy - 2009

Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...

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Charitable giving and income : households with high income donate less than poorer households relative to their disposable income

Schulz-Sandhof, Karsten; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 45/46, pp. 283-292

For the first time in 2020, the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), an annual survey of private households, surveyed the donation behavior of a random sample of high net worth individuals that had been added in 2019. As a result of this sample, the volume of private donations increased from 9.7 to 10.3...

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Members of German Federal Parliament More Risk-Loving than General Population

Heß, Moritz - 2013

The article analyzes the question of whether career politicians differ systematically from the general population in terms of their attitudes toward risk. A written survey of members of the 17th German Bundestag in late 2011 identified their risk attitudes, and the survey data was set in...

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How learning a musical instrument affects the development of skills : conference paper

Hille, Adrian; Schupp, Jürgen - 2013

Previous research does not teach us much about the role of music for skill development. Learning a musical instrument during childhood may affect educational opportunities by improving cognitive skills, teaching non-cognitive skills or sending positive signals to school teachers. Our study is...

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Mehr als weniger als gleich viel : zum Verhältnis von Ökonomie und kultureller Bildung

Liebau, Eckart; Noltze, Holger; Bilstein, Johannes; … - Rat für Kulturelle Bildung - 2017

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Growing potentials for migration research using the german socio-economic panel study

Jacobsen, Jannes; Krieger, Magdalena; Schikora, Felicitas; … - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 241 (2021) 4, pp. 527-549

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Löhne werden in Ostdeutschland weiterhin als ungerechter empfunden als im Westen

Liebig, Stefan; Hülle, Sebastian; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 40, pp. 995-1000

third in western Germany. Although the east-west gap has been diminishing since 2005--to around 12 percent in 2013--this is …

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Zufriedenheit in Deutschland so hoch wie nie nach der Wiedervereinigung: Ostdeutsche signifikant unzufriedener als Westdeutsche

Schupp, Jürgen; Goebel, Jan; Kroh, Martin; Wagner, Gert G. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 80 (2013) 47, pp. 34-43

Today, Germany's citizens are happier on average than at any other point in time since reunification. Even though more … than 20 years have passed, the average level of happiness in eastern Germany is still significantly lower than that in … western Germany. This is demonstrated by the most recent long-term Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) data gathered by TNS …

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Wages in Eastern Germany Still Considered More Unjust Than in the West

Liebig, Stefan; Hülle, Sebastian; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 11, pp. 59-64

approximately one-third in western Germany. Although the east-west gap has been diminishing since 2005—to around 12 percent in 2013 … injustice in western Germany increases. One of the reasons why a relatively high level of perceived wage inequality persists in … eastern Germany is the fact that there are still differences between East and West in incomes within occupations. Evidence of …

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Zufriedenheit in Deutschland so hoch wie nie nach der Wiedervereinigung: Ostdeutsche signifikant unzufriedener als Westdeutsche

Schupp, Jürgen; Goebel, Jan; Kroh, Martin; Wagner, Gert G. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 80 (2013) 47, pp. 34-43

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