This paper contributes to the debate about the impact of the transition to subjective well-being. After reviewing the relevant literature the authors draw on the surveys of the European Values Study between 1991 and 2008 to describe the trends in life satisfaction in 13 "Western" and 11...

Der deutsche Wohlfahrtsstaat war bis Mitte der siebziger Jahre der typische Fall eines lohnarbeitszentrierten Sozialversicherungsstaates. Seither jedoch wandelt er sich in Reaktion auf ökonomische und soziale Veränderungen. Auf der einen Seite werden lohnarbeitszentrierte Sicherungen...

This report argues that computer-intensive automation (CIAutomation) is likely to change the nature of work and manufacturing value creation in the emerging Platform Economy. The industrial and service changes based on low-cost computation, as they become more generalized, may reverse Robert...

The European project is a long-run success story. Up to the 1990s, Europe thrived and experienced rising prosperity, as well as a catching up process with technology frontiers, while simultaneously extending its welfare model. The integration process, starting with six member states, led to a...

The European project is a long-run success story. Up to the 1990s, Europe thrived and experienced rising prosperity, as well as a catching up process with technology frontiers, while simultaneously extending its welfare model. The integration process, starting with six member states, led to a...

Die Bedeutung von Konjunkturumfragen und die daraus gewonnenen qualitativen Daten haben gerade in der Zeit eines beschleunigten sozialen und strukturellen Wandels stark zugenommen. Globalisierung, neue Technologien, rasanter Wertewandel, immer kürzere Produktzyklen, verschärfter Wettbewerb und...

Recent developments in society have generated misalignment between the welfare state and socio-economic conditions and preferences. This paper emphasis developments in the labor market and the structure, stability and preferences of the family, as well as macroeconomic changes. The latter...