Does the culture in which a woman grows up influence her labor market decisions once she has had a child? And to what extent can exposure to a different cultural group in adulthood shape maternal labor supply? To address these questions, we exploit the setting of the German reunification. A...

Does the culture in which a woman grows up influence her labor market decisions once she has had a child? To what extent might the culture of her present social environment shape maternal labor supply? To address these questions, we exploit the setting of German reunification. A state socialist...

A series of studies have suggested that changes in others' income may be perceived differently in post-transition and capitalist societies. This paper draws on the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP) matched with micro-marketing indicators of population characteristics in very tightly drawn...

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits - the Big Five - on an individual's decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of selfemployment varies considerably across professions, we...

Die Zahl der Erwerbstätigen in "kreativen Tätigkeiten" ist seit Mitte der 90er Jahre kräftig gestiegen. Besonders stark fi el das Wachstum in Berlin aus; jeder zehnte Kreative in Deutschland ist in der Hauptstadt tätig. Nach dem Jahr 2000 hat sich vor allem die Zahl der selbständigen...

Die Anlage in Aktien spielt in der bankbasierten Ökonomie Deutschlands eine weitaus geringere Rolle als in den marktbasierten USA. Das sich hierin widerspiegelnde anders geartete Risikoverhalten ist nur vor dem Hintergrund unterschiedlicher kultureller Kontexte zu verstehen. Die Deutschen sind...

This paper is an attempt to provide evidence on two questions: Why do companies sponsor art events, and where exactly does the money go? We analyse data collected on the revenue structure of cultural institutions in Berlin and Hamburg. This data set not only tells us where the money goes, it...

We test empirically whether people?s life satisfaction depends on their relative income position in the neighbourhood, drawing on a unique dataset, the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP) matched with micro-marketing indicators of population characteristics. Relative deprivation theory...