Mit diesem Tagungsband "brain drain oder brain circulation?" werden ausgewählte Vorträge einer breiteren Fachöffentlichkeit vorgestellt, die im Rahmen des gleichnamigen Workshops am 9. und 10. November 2006 in Halle (Saale) vor etwa 70 Teilnehmern gehalten und diskutiert wurden. Gemeinsame...

Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain-Mundlack correlated random effects...

The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that economic well-being has a statistically significant but only weak effect on happiness/subjective well-being (SWB). This view is based almost entirely on weak relationships with household income. The paper uses household economic...