Essays on household mobility and the quality of life in Germany [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Alexander Ebertz

Essays onHousehold Mobility and the Quality of Life inGermanyInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des GradesDoctor oeconomiae publicae (Dr. oec. publ.)an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit at Munc hen2009vorgelegt vonAlexander EbertzReferent: Prof. Dr. Thiess ButtnerKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Joachim WinterMundlic he Prufung: 5. Mai 2010Promotionsabschlussberatung: 19. Mai 2010Fur meine ElternAcknowledgementsFirst and foremost I would like to thank Thiess Buttner and Joachim Winter for agreeingto supervise my thesis. I am especially indebted to Thiess Buttner for his ongoing guid-ance, encouragement, and support. I greatly bene ted from our inspiring and productivecollaboration, which is re ected in his co-authorship of Chapters 1 and 3. Grateful ac-knowledgements are made to Ifo for providing me with an excellent research environmentand all necessary resources. I especially thank all my colleagues at the Department ofPublic Finance for the pleasant working atmosphere. I am grateful to my fellow doctoralstudents at Ifo and in particular to Federic Holm-Hadulla, Oliver R ohn, Thomas Strobel,and Georg Wamser for numerous fruitful discussions. Editorial help from Marco Baldini,Christian Breuer, Sabine Christ, Bj orn Milsch, and Hannes Ullrich is greatly appreciated.I would also like to thank Hannes Ullrich for insightful discussions and comments on Chap-ter 4. I am indebted to Marcel Thum and Otto Reich for helpful suggestions on Chapter2.