This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and, by tracing back these individuals within the panel...

This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and, by tracing back these individuals within the panel...

This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that...

This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that...

Die vorliegende Studie ist das Ergebnis eines gemeinsamen Projektes der ADMED GmbH und des RWI. Ziel ist die Darstellung wesentlicher Ineffizienzen im deutschen Gesundheitswesen. Zur Beurteilung ihrer Bedeutung erfolgt eine grobe Abschätzung der damit verbundenen Einsparpotenziale, wobei es...

Der im Oktober 2006 von der Bundesregierung eingebrachte Gesetzesentwurf zur Stärkung des Wettbewerbs in der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV-WSG) sieht die Einführung eines Gesundheitsfonds und die Erhebung von Zusatzprämien bzw. Ausschüttungen an die Versicherten ab 2009 vor. Durch...

This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that...

This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and, by tracing back these individuals within the panel...