ln diesem Bericht wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie sich die Struktur der verfügbaren Einkommen der privaten Haushalte in Ostdeutschland im Zuge der Vereinigung Deutschlands im Zeitraum Mai 1990 bis März 1991 entwickelt hat. Die Untersuchung stützt sich auf Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels...

Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work,...

Set-point theory has dominated the field of subjective well-being (SWB). It has served as a classic Kuhn research paradigm, being extended and refined for thirty years to take in new results. The central plank of the theory is that adult set-points do not change, except just temporarily in the...

The economic literature to date is underestimating the importance of regional price level differences. Only in the form of "rent indices" are these differences considered in relation to overall quality of life. As experimental estimates by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban...