applied to a newly constructed panel for Germany. Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation techniques for dynamic panel …

divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we … find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … in the effect of happiness gaps: couples are more likely to break-up when the difference in life satisfaction is …

Germany has recently made extensive reforms in its tertiary education system. Traditional degrees are being replaced by … traditional degree program has affected first-year students’ satisfaction. Three dimensions of student satisfaction are focused … upon: Student satisfaction with teaching, student satisfaction with the organization of the study programs, as well as an …

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step …

problems, is overcome by adopting a Bayesian Model Averaging approach. I apply this method to a panel data set that covers 17 … applying an instrumental variable estimation approach. -- Unemployment ; institutions ; labor and product markets ; model …

, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and … associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) demonstrate that …

and training participation and we use Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques for estimation. We develop a … the posterior distributions of different treatment effects of interest. Our estimation results imply positive effects of … start. The effects are higher for women than for men and higher in West Germany than in East Germany. Further, we find that …