Der Tabellenband bietet einen methodischen Einblick in die erhobenen Daten sowie die Auswertungen im Rahmen der Pilot- und Machbarkeitsstudie „Subjektive Bedarfe von Kindern und Jugendlichen“. Er enthält die Fragestellungen und weist auch aus, aus welchen Kinder- und Jugendstudien...

Was brauchen Kinder und Jugendliche für ein gutes Leben und Aufwachsen? Wie kann man sie mit Hilfe eines standardisierten Fragebogens in unterschiedlichen Altersgruppen zu ihren Bedarfen befragen? Diesen Fragen wird in dem Forschungsbericht „Subjektive Bedarfe von Kindern und Jugendlichen“...

In the economical changing and political disturbing times we are living a question concerns us all: Is this the society I want to live in? What are the opportunities I have to pursue in my socio-cultural environment? Which echoes the ancient Greek ethical questions: What is the best city to live...

In the economical changing and political disturbing times we are living a question concerns us all: Is this the society I want to live in? What are the opportunities I have to pursue in my socio-cultural environment? Which echoes the ancient Greek ethical questions: What is the best city to live...

The strength of the relationship between low wages and household needs has become an important measure of the effectiveness of Australia's employment safety net. This paper reviews the recent treatment of the needs issue in safety net minimum wage cases of the Australian Industrial Relations...

Equivalence scales are typically designed for adjusting households' incomes for differences in size and composition. On the one hand, there is evidence that the way differences in needs across households are taken into account has a significant impact on the assessment of inequality in the...

The analysis identifies the four socio-psychological constructs identification with a media character, schadenfreude, social comparison, and vicarious embarrassment, as important responses in the context of reality TV. Besides numerous determinants, these constructs are also linked to...

Wenn ein neues Smartphone auf den Markt kommt, bilden sich frühmorgens Schlangen vor den palastartigen Shops. Das zeigt, dass es heute nicht nur um den Gebrauchswert einer Ware geht (dass man mit einem solchen Gerät telefonieren oder im Internet surfen kann), sondern auch um das, was Gernot...

Using data spanning over four decades (1960-2000), this paper employs Engel's needsbased approach to analyzing household expenditure patterns to find evidence for the existence of a stable hierarchy of expenditure patterns at low levels of household income. Second, we investigate how rising...

Strong growth in disposable income has driven, and is still driving, consumption to unprecedented, but not sustainable levels. To explain the dynamic interplay of needs, need satisfaction, and innovation underlying that growth a behavioral theory of consumption is suggested and discussed with...

Start-ups are a dominant factor for the economic development of a country. However, the foundation of a company is a complex procedure and many start-ups fail. External support is available from many sources as e.g. business angels, tax advisors, chambers of industry and commerce, banks and...