Seit einiger Zeit ist das Gebot der Schaffung „gleichwertiger Lebensverhältnisse“, das im Grundgesetz verankert ist, Gegenstand reger Diskussionen. Landes- und Kommunalpolitiker richten auf seiner Grundlage Anspruchshaltungen auf, die emotional und öffentlichkeitswirksam diskutiert werden...

In this paper we aim at analyzing the impacts on welfare and wealth and consumption distribution across different labor market structural features. In particular, we pursue a steady-state analysis to assess the impacts of unit vacancy costs, unemployment replacement ratio or the job destruction...

Our paper studies the causes of poverty from the perspective of job search. We show that poor people remain poor because they have less time and initial endowment to search for a better job. Initial endowment is key to successful job search, as one can afford not to work and search longer for a...

Nach dem Rückgang auf einen historischen Tiefstand hat sich das Weltwirtschaftsklima im Januar 2002 wieder erholt, und sein Wert entspricht nunmehr exakt dem Niveau der letzten Erhebung vor den Terroranschlägen in den USA. Trotz des jüngsten Anstiegs liegt der Indikator aber immer noch...

The Mindanao conflict in Southern Philippines is a long-standing controversy that has eluded comprehensive solutions. Despite efforts of the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the representatives from the peoples of Mindanao in undertaking peace initiatives, “the war:” continues. The...

In this paper an attempt has been made to detect stationarity and inequality of the State Domestic Product among twenty states of Indian Federal System. For the purpose, time series and panel data has been utilized. Inequality in SDP and per capita SDP among states has been estimated with the...

Information on the number of interviewer contacts allows insights into how people's responses to questions on happiness are connected to the difficulty of reaching potential participants. Using the paradata of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), this paper continues such research by...