Demografische und epidemiologische Entwicklungen lassen einen erheblich erhöhten Druck auf die medizinische und pflegerische Versorgung erwarten. Daraus ergibt sich die Dringlichkeit zweier gesellschaftspolitischer Ziele: die Gesundheit der Älteren zu erhalten sowie ihre Potentiale zu nutzen....

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...

The validity of family background variables instrumenting education in income regressions has been much criticized. In this paper, we use data of the 2004 German Socio-Economic Panel and Bayesian analysis in order to analyze to what degree violations of the strong validity assumption affect the...

Der Begriff 'Mittelschicht' ist nicht leicht zu definieren. Die entsprechenden Einkommensgrenzen werden von den untersuchenden Institutionen unterschiedlich gesetzt. Ob allerdings das Einkommen als charakteristisches Unterscheidungsmerkmal ausreicht, ist fraglich. Einigkeit besteht unter den...

The income situation of families has always been a major topic for politicians and the public in modern welfare states. The ongoing call for better funding of families reflects the hardship of couples with children who seem to be unable to sustain the living standards of childless couples in...

Throughout adulthood and old age, levels of well-being appear to remain relatively stable. However, evidence is emerging that late in life well-being declines considerably. Using long-term longitudinal data of deceased participants in national samples from Germany, the UK, and the US, we examine...

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...