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The effect of private health insurance on self-assessed health status and health satisfaction in Germany
Petilliot, René - 2017
In Germany, private health insurance covers more innovative and costly treatments than public insurance. Moreover, privately insured individuals are treated preferentially by doctors. In this article, I use subjective health data to examine whether these superior features of private insurance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011674043
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The Introduction of a Short-Term Earnings-Related Parental Leave Benefit System and Differential Employment Effects
Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2010
comparing behavior before and after the reform. We separately consider women of high and low incomes, which were treated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600957
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A new color in the picture: The impact of educational fields on fertility in Western Germany
Oppermann, Anja - 2012
The extensive research on the impact of educational attainment on fertility behavior has been expanded by a new … parenthood of women and men in Western Germany? The German Socio Economic Panel (1984-2010) provides the data. Discrete time … characteristic with regard to the share of women, the occupational specificity, the share of public-sector employment, and the share …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289368
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Teenage pregnancies and birth in Germany: Patterns and developments
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Riphan, Regina T. - 2014
We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports counter-cyclical teenage fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369582
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Teenage Pregnancies and Birth in Germany: Patterns and Developments
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Riphan, Regina T. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports counter-cyclical teenage fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896242
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The influence of child care on maternal health and mother-child interaction
Kröll, Alexandra; Borck, Rainald - 2013
In Germany, formal child care coverage rates have increased markedly over the past few decades. The expansion in coverage is particularly pronounced for under 3 year-olds. The present paper is concerned with how mothers' mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329611
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Early Childhood
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2008
The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they can lead directly to adult physical health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600771
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A Socio-Economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010
Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth questionnaires, approximately 13% of young people in Germany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600933
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Pollution Exposure and Infant Health: Evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data come from the Federal Environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600954
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The Influence of Child Care on Maternal Health and Mother-Child Interaction
Kröll, Alexandra; Borck, Rainald - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
In Germany, formal child care coverage rates have increased markedly over the past few decades. The expansion in coverage is particularly pronounced for under 3 year-olds. The present paper is concerned with how mothers' mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128994