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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private … unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600752
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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private … unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017424
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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 entry into unemployment (i.e. plant closure), and combines difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288707
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The Effect of Unemployment on the Mental Health of Spouses: Evidence from Plant Closures in Germany
Marcus, Jan - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 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 entry into unemployment (i.e. plant closure), and combines difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784012
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The German part-time wage gap: Bad news for men?
Wolf, Elke - 2014
Despite the increasing incidence of part-time employment in Germany, the effects on wage rates are studied rarely. I therefore use SOEP panel data from 1984 to 2010 and apply different econometric approaches and definitions of part-time work to measure the socalled part-time wage gap of both,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369580
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Public health insurance and entry into self-employment
Fossen, Frank M.; König, Johannes - 2015
We estimate the impact of a differential treatment of paid employees versus self-employed workers in a public health insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most paid employees, but not for the self-employed, who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500143
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Labor market closure and the stalling of the gender pay gap
Minkus, Lara - 2019
The gender pay gap (GPG) remains a persistent phenomenon in contemporary labor markets. Despite a vast body of research examining its causes, as of today, unequal labor market power resources between men and women have remained an underappreciated factor in the literature. Drawing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063200
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Women's Earning Power and the "Double Burden" of Market and Household Work
Chen, Natalie; Conconi, Paola; Perroni, Carlo - 2007
Bargaining theory suggests that married women who experience a relative improvement in their labour market position should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by institutional mechanisms that achieve long-term commitment, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600666
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Analysepotenziale des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) für die empirische Bildungsforschung
Lohmann, Henning; Spieß, C. Katharina; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2008
In Deutschland stehen für Fragen der empirischen Bildungsforschung überwiegend Querschnittserhebungen zur Verfügung. Ergänzt werden diese durch länderspezifische bzw. gruppenspezifische Längsschnitterhebungen. Der Beitrag zeigt die Möglichkeiten auf, bildungsrelevante Informationen aus...
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Developing SOEPsurvey and SOEPservice: The (Near) Future of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)
Anger, S.; Frick, F.; Goebel, J.; Grabka, M.; … - 2009
, divorce, and entry into and exit from unemployment. Current plans for SOEP foresee the addition of an “Innovation Sample” that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600799