Major topics covered by empirical welfare research are the analysis of
welfare development over time and of welfare disparities between different
social groupings. Another focus are the connections between different dimensions
of welfare and the possible cumulations of problems across these dimensions. In
both cases the research might be carried out from an intra- or a comparative
international perspective. In context of such a research approach the
connections between objective and subjective components of welfare, i.e. between
objective living conditions and subjectively perceived quality of life are of
particular interest. In addition to that, welfare research also analyses the importance
of single actors or institutions for the process of welfare production.
As a
database suited to carry out that kind of research in the German context, the Welfare
Survey is of particular importance.
Selected Publications:
Christoph, Bernhard; Noll, Heinz-Herbert: Subjective
Well-Being in the European Union during the 1990ies. In: Social
Indicators Research, Special Issue Vol. 64, 2003, S.521-546.
Noll, Heinz-Herbert; Schöb, Anke, 2002: Lebensqualität im Alter. In: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (Hrsg.), Expertisen zum Vierten Altenbericht der Bundesregierung. Bd. 1. Hannover: Vincentz Verlag 2002, S. 229-314.
Berger-Schmitt, Regina, 2002: Considering Social Cohesion in Quality of Life Assessments: Concept and Measurement. In: Social Indicators
Research, Vol. 58 (1-3): S. 403-428.
Noll, Heinz-Herbert, 2000: Konzepte der Wohlfahrtsentwicklung: Lebensqualität und "neue"
Wohlfahrtskonzepte. Arbeitspapier P00-505,
Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung.
Noll, Heinz-Herbert, Habich, Roland, 2000: Vom Zusammenwachsen einer Gesellschaft – Analysen zur Angleichung der
Lebensverhältnisse in Deutschland. Frankfurt a.M./New York: Campus.
Noll, Heinz-Herbert, 1997:
Wohlstand, Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden
in den Ländern der Europäischen Union. In: St. Hradil, St. Immerfall
(Hg.), Die westeuropäischen Gesellschaften im Vergleich. Leverkusen: Leske +
Budrich.
Glatzer, Wolfgang, Noll, Heinz-Herbert (Hg.), 1995:
Getrennt - Vereint.
Lebensverhältnisse in Deutschland seit der Wiedervereinigung.
Frankfurt a.M./New York: Campus.
