Similar Search Results

Reducing Binge Drinking? The Effect of a Ban on Late-Night Off-premise Alcohol Sales on Alcohol-Related Hospital Stays in Germany

Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

Excessive alcohol consumption among young people is a major public health concern. On March 1, 2010, the German state of Baden-Württemberg banned the sale of alcoholic beverages between 10pm and 5am at off-premise outlets (e.g., gas stations, kiosks, supermarkets). We use rich monthly...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128861

The Earnings Returns to Graduating with Honors: Evidence from Law Graduates

Freier, Ronny; Schumann, Mathias; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

This paper studies the causal effects of graduating from university with an honors degree on subsequent earnings. While a rich body of literature has focused on estimating returns to human capital, few studies have analyzed returns at the very top of the education distribution. We highlight the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096539

Does Democracy Foster Trust?

Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

data from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) and from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we obtain two …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963656

Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism?

Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

variables estimates suggest strong and significant effects of parental unemployment on right-wing extremism. Various panel …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963916

Intergenerational Economic Mobility and Assortative Mating

Ermisch, John; Francesconi, Marco; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004

We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the extent of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963927

Using Household Panel Data to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

This paper discusses how household panel surveys can be informative about the intergenerational transmission of poverty … is on panel surveys from developed countries, we also briefly consider data availability in developing countries. We set … out a list of survey data requirements for intergenerational analysis, and then discuss how the main household panel …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963968

The Intergeneratinal Transmission of Poverty in Industrialized Countries

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

This paper reviews research about the intergenerational transmission of poverty in industrialized countries. In order to make our survey manageable, we restrict attention to studies that consider the relationship between parental poverty (or 'income') during childhood and later-life outcomes; we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963971

O Brother, Where Art Thou?: The Effects of Having a Sibling on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes

Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and from the American National Survey of Families and House- holds (NSFH), we find strong evidence that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068761

Schooling and Citizenship: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Reforms

Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

This paper examines whether schooling has a positive impact on individual's political interest, voting turnout, democratic values, political involvement and political group membership, using the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). Between 1949 and 1969 the number of compulsory years of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068923

Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany

Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068988