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In Vino Pecunia? The Association between Beverage-Specific Drinking Behavior and Wages
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages …The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature …. Positive health effects as well as networking mechanisms serve as explanations for the "alcohol-income puzzle". Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600739
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In Vino Pecunia?: The Association between Beverage-Specific Drinking Behavior and Wages
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages …The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature …. Positive health effects as well as networking mechanisms serve as explanations for the "alcohol-income puzzle". Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017450
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Wage determination in the shadow of the law: The case of works councilors in Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021
no evidence for a delayed compensation or a special treatment of works councilors released from work. Hence, our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012483869
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Health shocks and risk aversion
Decker, Simon; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2015
Risk preferences are typically assumed to be constant for an individual across the life cycle. In this paper we empirically assess if they are time varying. Specifically, we analyse whether health shocks influence individual risk aversion. We follow an innovative approach and use grip strength...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439785
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Why Is the World Getting Older? The Influence of Happiness on Mortality
Guven, Cahit; Saloumidis, Rudolph - 2009
World life expectancy has risen by around 20 years in the last 50 years. This period has also witnessed rising happiness levels around the world suggesting that happiness might be one of the causes behind the decline in mortality. We investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600842
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Measurement of Health, the Sensitivity of the Concentration Index, and Reporting Heterogeneity
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009
. The highest degree of inequality is found when dichotomized subjective health measures like health satisfaction or self … measures used with other populations like the Canadian HUI-III or the Finish 15D to cardinalize SAH has a significant impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600855
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Revisiting the Income-Health Nexus: The Importance of Choosing the "Right" Indicator
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010
We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600917
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Why Is the World Getting Older?: The Influence of Happiness on Mortality
Guven, Cahit; Saloumidis, Rudolph - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
World life expectancy has risen by around 20 years in the last 50 years. This period has also witnessed rising happiness levels around the world suggesting that happiness might be one of the causes behind the decline in mortality. We investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017448
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Measurement of Health, the Sensitivity of the Concentration Index, and Reporting Heterogeneity
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
. The highest degree of inequality is found when dichotomized subjective health measures like health satisfaction or self … measures used with other populations like the Canadian HUI-III or the Finish 15D to cardinalize SAH has a significant impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018707
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Revisiting the Income-Health Nexus: The Importance of Choosing the "Right" Indicator
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583479