The first part of this lecture reconstructs, by help of survey data, the development of objective welfare and subjective welfare of the population of the former GDR (East Germany) since 1990. It can be observed how a definite improvement of incomes concurs with a clear deterioration of the...

Im ersten Teil dieser Vorlesung wird die Entwicklung der objektiven und der subjektiven Wohlfahrt der Bevölkerung in der ehemaligen DDR seit 1990 anhand von Umfragedaten rekonstruiert. Eine klare Verbesserung der Einkommenssituation geht einher mit einer klaren Verschlechterung der Stimmung,...

The title of this contribution is a question with a double meaning: On the one hand it refers to the method, on the other hand it refers to the results of German unification. After a preview of recent evaluations we discuss comparisons of the Federal Republic and the GDR from the 1960s, 1970s,...

As Europe is growing together politically and economically, the international perspective is becoming more and more important in social reporting and welfare research. Are there strong differences in the objective living conditions and the subjective well-being between European nations? Do the...

In this paper I want to deal with three topics: first, with the development and the ups and downs of modernization theory and its treatment of the non-Western world (I); secondly, with some basic social structure distributions and trends of human development for selected societies, including...

Der Deutsche Bundestag hat Ende 2010 eine Enquete-Kommission zum Thema „Wachstum, Wohlstand und Lebensqualität“ eingerichtet, die ihre Arbeit Anfang 2011 aufgenommen hat und die bis zum Ende der Legislaturperiode einen Bericht und Empfehlungen abgeben soll. Eine wesentliche Aufgabe dieser...

The title of this contribution is a question with a double meaning: On the one hand it refers to the method, on the other hand it refers to the results of German unification. After a preview of recent evaluations we discuss comparisons of the Federal Republic and the GDR from the 1960s, 1970s,...