- Germany. We find, for instance, that for West-workers hearing impediments are on average equivalent to an income reduction of …

and potential program substitution in a regression-discontinuity framework. Germany abolished an important early …

An adequate theory of happiness or subjective well-being (SWB) needs to link at least three sets of variables: stable … satisfaction. Using these data, the paper suggests a major revision to the set point or dynamic equilibrium theory of SWB in order … and Tellegen, 1996). Previously, theory focused on evidence that individuals have their own equilibrium level or set point …

. Entwicklungen in Deutschland 5.1. Entwicklung der Lohngleichheit 5.2. Trade-off zwischen Arbeitslosigkeit und Lohnspreizung 6 ….S. during the 1990s compared to continental Europe and Germany in particular has lead to the statement of the trade … supply side conditions for skill formation. By summing up empirical research results on this issue for the U.S. and Germany …

social resources on the individual length of unemployment in Germany are analysed with data from the German Socio … to new additional findings. In West-Germany mobile persons and actors with internal control find a job more easily while … in East-Germany social capital has a positive influence on the probability of reemployment. …

unemployment in Germany, as well as several usually unobserved characteristics like personality traits, attitudes, expectations …

Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the …