Humans possess a need for social contact. Satisfaction of this need benefits well-being, whereas deprivation is detrimental. However, how much contact people desire is not universal, and evidence is mixed on individual differences in the association between contact and well-being. This preregistered longitudinal study (N = 190) examined changes in social contact and well-being (life satisfaction, depressivity/anxiety) ...
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 deterioration in their mental health, self-employed men displayed no significant changes up to early 2021. Financial losses are important in explaining these ...
Sales in the construction industry will continue to increase strongly in 2022 and 2023. Overall, DIW Berlin estimates a nominal increase in construction volume of almost 13 percent in 2022 and six percent in 2023 to 585 billion euros. In 2021, construction volume increased by ten percent to 488 billion euros, which is around 15 percent of GDP. This shows that construction demand remains at a high level ...
Die Umsätze der Bauwirtschaft werden in diesem und im kommenden Jahr weiter kräftig wachsen. Insgesamt rechnet das DIW Berlin mit einem nominalen Anstieg des Bauvolumens um fast 13 Prozent im Jahr 2022 und weiteren gut sechs Prozent im Jahr 2023 auf dann 585 Milliarden Euro. Im abgelaufenen Jahr wurde ein Plus von gut zehn Prozent auf 488 Milliarden Euro erreicht, was einem Anteil von etwa 15 Prozent ...