Die öffentliche Debatte über "Neue Armut", "Unterschicht" und "Prekariat" hat den Blick darauf gerichtet, dass in der reichen Industrienation Deutschland zunehmend mehr Menschen den sozialen Abstieg fürchten oder bereits kein ökonomisch gesichertes Leben mehr führen.

We investigate how early life circumstances - childhood health and socioeconomic status (SES) - are associated with labor market outcomes over an individualś entire life cycle. A life cycle approach provides insights not only into which labor market outcomes are associated with adverse...

Many studies have shown that childhood circumstances can have long term consequences that persist until old age. To better understand the transmission of early life circumstances, this paper analyses the effects of health and financial situation during childhood on quality of life after...

Although everyone would agree that bereavement is extremely stressful, surprisingly little is known about changes in different facets of affective well-being in the years surrounding the death of a loved one. On the basis of the Socio-Economic Panel Study, we examined changes in cognitive...