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The Effect of Unemployment on Social Participation of Spouses – Evidence from Plant Closures in Germany
Kunze, Lars - 2017
family perspective …
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The Effect of Unemployment on the Mental Health of Spouses – Evidence from Plant Closures in Germany
Marcus, Jan - 2012
Studies on health effects of unemployment usually neglect spillover effects on spouses. This study specifically investigates the effect of an individual’s unemployment on the mental health of their spouse. In order to allow for causal interpretation of the estimates, it focuses on an exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164389
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Smoking Behaviour in Germany – Evidence from the SOEP
Heilert, Daniela - 2017
As in most OECD countries, smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption have been decreasing in Germany since the early …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945799
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Do Optional Deductibles Reduce the Number of Doctor Visits? Empirical Evidence with German Data
Schmitz, Hendrik - 2008
Deductibles in health insurance are often regarded as a means to contain health care costs when individuals exhibit moral hazard. However, in the absence of moral hazard, voluntarily chosen deductibles may instead lead to self-selection into different insurance contracts. We use a set of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213324
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Polarization of Economic Well-Being, Distributional Conflicts, and Perceptions of Inequality in Germany (Wohlstandspolarisierung, Verteilungskonflikte Und Ungleichheitswahrnehmunge...
Faik, Jürgen; Becker, Jens - 2010
resources and the perception of social inequality in Germany will be picked out as a central theme. By means of empirical … by the wellbeing indicator income – has increased in the Federal Republic of Germany during the recent past. This is … includes some dangers for the democracy and the social stability in Germany although in an EU-27 perspective – at least in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199252
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Determinants and Consequences of Health Behaviour : New Evidence from German Micro Data
Schneider, Brit S.; Schneider, Udo - 2011
The economic costs of chronic health conditions and severe illnesses like diabetes, coronary heart disease or cancer are immense. Several clinical trials give information about the impor-tance of individual behaviour for the prevalence of these illnesses. Changes in health relevant behaviour may...
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The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009
In 1999, in Germany, the statutory sick pay level was increased from 80 to 100 percent of foregone earnings for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199809
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Maternal Life Satisfaction and Child Outcomes : Are They Related?
Berger, Eva M.; Spiess, C. Katharina - 2009
This paper investigates the association between maternal life satisfaction and the developmental functioning of two- to three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behavior of five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), which allows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200149
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Effect of Labor Division between Wife and Husband on the Risk of Divorce : Evidence from German Data
Kraft, Kornelius; Neimann, Stefanie - 2009
Using German panel data from 1984 to 2007, we analyze the impact of labor division between husband and wife on the risk of divorce. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that specialization in domestic and market work, respectively, reduces the risk of separation. Traditionally, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202209
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Glass Ceiling Effect and Earnings - The Gender Pay Gap in Managerial Positions in Germany
Holst, Elke; Busch, Anne - 2009
study attempts to fill this gap. Managers in private companies in Germany are a highly selective group of women and men, who …-specific labor market segregation and dimensions of the household and family to the model allows more than two-thirds of the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207016