Auf der Grundlage der Sterbetafel 2011 des Statistischen Bundesamtes wird gezeigt, welche Beitragssätze bei versicherungsmathematischer Betrachtungsweise erforderlich wären, um eine gleich hohe Rente wie in der gRV zu erreichen. Mit einem solchen Maßstab ist es möglich, steuerliche...

[Vorwort zur Veröffentlichung] Die Fachtagung "Na, altes Haus? Stadt und Umland im Wandel- Planungs- und Entwicklungsinstrumente mit demografischer Chance" war eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Schweriner Wissenschaftswoche vom 21.-25.10.2013 statt. Das Motto der Schweriner Wissenschaftswoche...

The schooling repayment hypothesis for private transfers predicts a positive relationship between the amount of parental investment in childrens education and the amount that adult children transfer to their parents. This paper provides evidence on the repayment motive using data from the...

After reviewing the novel aspects characterising the last four population censuses and how researchers have exploited their results, we present some thoughts about the 2011 Italian population census. Whilst calling for more accurate and accessible contents and results of the survey, we focus our...

The current Romanian medical system is going throw a complex process of reform based mainly in winning the citizens, professionalization the management and increasing the funding levels. The present study is an analysis of the satisfaction level felt by medical staff in emergency reception units...

We adopt a process-based approach to investigate the influence of entrepreneurial bosses on the two main decisions of employees towards becoming entrepreneurs: exit from the current firm and entry into entrepreneurship. In other words, we study the push and pull mechanisms possibly underlying...

This research examines the strength of people's ties with close neighbours and the sensitivity thereof to changes in residential mobility, access to modes of public and private transport, and changes in the availability of modern communications technologies using the German Socio-economic Panel...

Housing affordability problems are expected to increase for Austrian households because housing costs have been rising dynamically over the last years. Households who moved more recently are expected to be affected the most. Previous research has identified younger households as also being prone...

Maternal mortality was the second-leading cause of death for women in childbearing years up until the mid-1930s in the United States. For each death, twenty times as many mothers were estimated to suffer pregnancy-related conditions, often leading to severe and prolonged disablement. Poor...

The previous literature on the determinants of individual well-being has failed to fully account for the interdependencies in well-being at the family level. This paper develops an ordered probit model with multiple random effects that allows to identify the intrafamily correlation in...