Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich systematisch mit dem Komplex der Rationalisierung medizinischer Leistungen. Als Ergebnis ergibt sich, daß explizite Rationierung der impliziten vorzuziehen ist und die Rationierungen möglichst ex ante auf der Makro-Ebene erfolgen sollten, ohne Gefährdung...

We analyze the effect of household indebtedness on different health outcomes using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1999–2009. To establish a causal effect, we rely on (a) fixed-effects methods, (b) a subsample of constantly employed individuals, and (c) lagged debt variables to...

We study the effect of education on vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza in Germany and Europe. Our identification strategy makes use of changes in compulsory schooling laws and allows to estimate local average treatment effects for individuals between 59 and 91 years of age. We find no...

This paper estimates the effect of informal care provision on female caregiver's health. We use data from the German Socio-economic Panel and assess effects up to seven years after care provision. A simulation-based sensitivity analysis scrutinizes the sensitivity of the results with respect to...