 Lebensqualität in Deutschland und EuropaHans Dubois, Eszter Sandor and Erika Mezger WSI-Mitteilungen, 2013, vol. 66, issue 6, 435-443 Abstract: Germany’s economy has performed well compared to other EU Member States and income is relatively high. Nevertheless, quality of life depends on more than a country‘s income alone. While Germany has become richer since 2007, more people report difficulties making ends meet. Many are struggling with debts. Arrears on ‘informal‘ debts with family and friends are more common than elsewhere in the EU. People in Germany trust their institutions, but this is much less the case for people who report difficulties making ends meet. Work-life balance problems are rarer in Germany than elsewhere in the EU. Women do more housework than men, but more often than elsewhere in the EU consider this to be fair. Quality of, and access to, public services is generally assessed favourably. Nevertheless, cost of long-term care, availability of childcare and waiting times for healthcare make it difficult to access these services relatively often. Overall, there is scope for improvement of several dimensions of quality of life, with particular attention to inequalities. Date: 2013 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nms:wsimit:10.5771/0342-300x-2013-6-435 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2013-6-435 Access Statistics for this article More articles in WSI-Mitteilungen from Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG |
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