Melanie Speck (geb. Lukas) leistet mit ihrem Buch erstmals einen Überblick über die theoretische und empirische Fundierung von Suffizienz in deutschen Privathaushalten. Damit widmet sie sich einem Kernelement der nachhaltigen Entwicklung, das bisher nur wenig Beachtung in der Gesellschaft...

Many observers have noticed the importance of anger in contemporary politics, particularly with reference to populism. This article addresses the question under which conditions people become angry about a specific aspect of their lives: their personal financial situation. Specifically, it asks...

This paper presents a methodology for comparing income rank volatility profiles over time and across distributions. While most of the existing measures are affected by changes in marginal distributions, this paper proposes a framework that is based on individuals’ relative positions in the...