Die bisherigen Daten scheinen auf eine lediglich begrenzte Einkommenskonvergenz zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland anstatt auf eine Angleichung in absehbarer Zeit hinzudeuten. In diesem Beitrag konzentrieren sich die Autoren auf die Frage, ob in Deutschland zukünftig vollständige Konvergenz der...

Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...

Mitte Februar 2013 wurden erstmals für die einzelnen Bundesländer lange Reihen aus den Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen nach der Wirtschaftszweigklassifikation (WZ) Ausgabe 2008 veröffentlicht. Die Umstellung der Klassifikation hat zu erheblichen Revisionen geführt, sodass der...

Mitte Februar 2013 wurden erstmals für die einzelnen Bundesländer lange Reihen aus den Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen nach der Wirtschaftszweigklassifikation (WZ) Ausgabe 2008 veröffentlicht. Die Umstellung der Klassifikation hat zu erheblichen Revisionen geführt, sodass der...

The answer is that people's evaluations of their income situation are based on different considerations when the economy is expanding and when it is contracting. When, in the course of economic growth, incomes generally are rising, evaluations tend to be dominated by "social comparison" - what...

There is no significant relationship between the improvement in happiness and the long term rate of growth of GDP per capita. This is true for three groups of countries analyzed separately - 17 developed, 9 developing, and 11 transition - and also for the 37 countries taken together. Time series...

In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...

There is no significant relationship between the improvement in happiness and the long term rate of growth of GDP per capita. This is true for three groups of countries analyzed separately - 17 developed, 9 developing, and 11 transition - and also for the 37 countries taken together. Time series...