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Does size matter? : the impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account...

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Preferences for childcare policies : theory and evidence

Borck, Rainald; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008

favour public provision ('ends against the middle'). Using estimates for household preferences from survey data, we find no …

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Job insecurity, employability, and health : an analysis for Germany across generations

Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014

In this paper, we use 12 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to examine the relationship between job insecurity, employability and health-related well-being. Our results indicate that being unemployed has a strong negative effect on life satisfaction and health. They also, however,...

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Wandel von Erwerbsbeteiligung westdeutscher Frauen nach der Erstgeburt : ein Vergleich der zwischen 1936 und 1965 geborenen Kohorten

Kelle, Nadiya - 2011

provider role and women staying at home and taking care of children. The employment of mothers was not a common practice, so … way. The present paper deals with the question if and how the employment careers of West German women with at least one … 1956-65) is carried out. It is of interest whether and how the employment patterns have changed. Another question is what …

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Life satisfaction, pro-activity, and employment

Akay, Alpaslan; Karabulut, Gökhan; Yilmaz, Levent - 2021

Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper investigates how pro-active time …

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Measuring fuel poverty : general considerations and application to German household data

Heindl, Peter - 2014

techniques for fuel poverty measurement. Based on household data from Germany, figures that would result from different fuel …

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Does subsidizing investments in energy efficiency reduce energy consumption? : evidence from Germany

Dieckhöner, Caroline - 2012

Improving energy efficiency is one of the three pillars of the European energy and climate targets for 2020 and has led to the introduction of several policy measures to promote energy efficiency. The paper analyzes the effectiveness of subsidies in increasing energy efficiency in residential...

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Housing, energy cost, and the poor : counteracting effects in Germany's housing allowance program

Grösche, Peter - 2009

performance. Recipients are thus likely to have a higher energy consumption and energy expenditures. Using a large data set of …

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Heterogeneity in price responsiveness for residential space heating in Germany

Schmitz, Hendrik; Madlener, Reinhard - 2016 - This version: November 2016

Space heating and hot water expenditures make up the majority of household energy demand in Germany, at 83.2%, making them an attractive target for energy policies. Using a panel dataset derived from yearly residential household surveys covering the years 1996 to 2014, we identify the...

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Gender identity and wives' labor market outcomes in West and East Germany between 1984 and 2016

Sprengholz, Maximilian; Wieber, Anna; Holst, Elke - 2019

different gender identity prescriptions of family breadwinning. We use data for three periods between 1984 and 2016 from the …

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