While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is scarce to non-existent. This is problematic because both theoretical and empirical evidence show that the position in the wealth and income distribution can significantly diverge....

While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is scarce to non-existent. This is problematic because both theoretical and empirical evidence show that the position in the wealth and income distribution can significantly diverge....

The sustainability of public finances should be measured by the debt-to-GDP ratio; the debt-to-GDP ratio is best controlled by keeping the deficit in check. For decades, these ideas shaped German fiscal policy. In 2009, with the introduction of the debt brake, this approach found its way into...

Über Jahrzehnte war die deutsche Fiskalpolitik von der Idee geprägt, dass die Tragfähigkeit der öffentlichen Finanzen an der Schuldenquote zu messen sei; die Schuldenquote wiederum sei am besten über das jährliche Haushaltsdefizit zu kontrollieren. Mit der Einführung der Schuldenbremse...

The sustainability of public finances should be measured by the debt-to-GDP ratio; the debt-to-GDP ratio is best controlled by keeping the deficit in check. For decades, these ideas shaped German fiscal policy. In 2009, with the introduction of the debt brake, this approach found its way into...

Der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt wird - außerhalb von Expertenkreisen - oft auf die Arbeitslosenquote reduziert. Ist diese so niedrig wie in den vergangenen Jahren, wird gerne von Vollbeschäftigung gesprochen. Doch diese Betrachtung greift zu kurz: Die Arbeitslosenquote gibt nicht an, ob die Arbeit...

Die Analyse des deutschen Arbeitsmarkts läuft in der öffentlichen Debatte in erster Linie über die Betrachtung der Arbeitslosenquote. Ist diese so niedrig wie in den vergangenen Jahren, wird gerne von einem Zustand der Vollbeschäftigung gesprochen. Dieser ist aber nur bedingt...

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a substantial...

Several vaccines against COVID-19 have now been developed and are already being rolled out around the world. The decision whether or not to get vaccinated has so far been left to the individual citizens. However, there are good reasons, both in theory as well as in practice, to believe that the...