Using data from the German SOEP, this paper analyses whether there have been (a) any significant changes in poverty rates and poverty intensities before and after the Hartz IV reforms and (b) whether there have been observable changes in the effect of employment in reducing the threat or...

Using an online survey of Australian residents, we elicit the potential impacts of COVID-19 related labour market shocks on a validated measure of financial wellbeing. Experiencing a reduction in hours and earnings, entering into unemployment or having to file for unemployment benefits during...

Using an online survey of Australian residents, we elicit the potential impacts of COVID-19 related labour market shocks on a validated measure of financial wellbeing. Experiencing a reduction in hours and earnings, entering into unemployment or having to file for unemployment benefits during...

Using data from the German SOEP, this paper analyses whether there have been (a) any significant changes in poverty rates and poverty intensities before and after the Hartz IV reforms and (b) whether there have been observable changes in the effect of employment in reducing the threat or...

Happiness data can help in evaluating the economic importance of "behavioural" theories. Using individual panel data on up to 7,812 people living in Germany from 1984 to 2000, we illustrate the approach by estimating the size of the effect on happiness of adaptation to income and to status. We...

Zu den zentralen Diskussionsthemen und Problemfeldern deutscher Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Finanzpolitik gehören seit langem Fragen sozialer Sicherung wie auch die Situation und Entwicklung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Zwischen beiden Bereichen bestehen vielfältige Beziehungen, die außerordentlich...