Qualitative Methoden haben sich bei der Erforschung von Gesundheit und Krankheit inzwischen fest etabliert. Der Band bietet einen Überblick über die aktuelle Forschungslandschaft und setzt sich mit den Erkenntnischancen einer qualitativen interdisziplinären Gesundheitsforschung auseinander....

It is often argued that the high level of welfare claims in Germany causes little incentive for workers with low productivity to seek for a job. We examine the influence of the ratio between estimated potential labor income and the welfare payment level on the probability of leaving social...

This paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a diminishing but still significant gap between East and West Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts. The observed regional pattern of life satisfaction...

Within the German welfare system, heating expenditures of recipients are in general fully covered by the government. This paper empirically tests for the hypothesis that households receiving welfare payments turn to over consumption of residential space heating. We use microdata from two...