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Smoking and the business cycle : evidence from Germany
Kaiser, Micha; Reutter, Mirjam; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; … - 2017
In this paper, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to investigate the effect on cigarette consumption of macro-economic conditions in the form of regional unemployment rates. The results from our panel data models, several of which control for selection bias, indicate that the...
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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?
Marcus, Jan - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio …-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their … smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly, but significantly. In particular, single individuals as well as those with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506495
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The Wage Effects of Social Norms : Evidence of Deviations from Peers' Body-Mass in Europe
Fahr, Rene - 2021
We investigate wage effects of deviations from peer group body mass index (BMI) to evaluate the influence of social norms on wages. Our approach allows for disentangling the influence of the social norm from any (anticipated) productivity effects associated with deviations from a clinically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317415
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Does it pay to be beautiful? : physically attractive people can earn more, particularly in customer-facing jobs, and the rewards for men are higher than for women
Sierminska, Eva - 2015
It is a well-established view amongst economists that goodlooking people have a better chance of employment and can earn more than those who are less physically attractive. A "beauty premium" is particularly apparent in jobs where there is a productivity gain associated with good looks, though...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432191
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The Gender Wage Gap and the Fair Calculations Act
Even, William E. - 2017
If enacted as a law, the Fair Calculations Act would require forensic economists to ignore an injured party's gender when forecasting the loss in future earnings. We discuss how this would affect the size of awards for men and women, and some of the issues that would arise if the law is enacted....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945098
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Revisiting the Gender Gap in CEO Compensation : Replication and Extension of Hill, Upadhyay, and Beekun (2015)'s Work on CEO Gender Pay Gap
Gupta, Vishal K. - 2020
The increasing number of women chief executives motivates considerable interest in examining possible gender differences in CEO compensation. Recently, Hill, Upadhyay and Beekun (2015) reported that female CEOs receive greater compensation than male CEOs, which runs counter to common wisdom that...
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Can Negotiation Training Help Close the Gender Pay Gap?
Chotiputsilp, Brighton; Kim, Taeho - 2021
A widely-held explanation for the gender pay gap is that women do not negotiate salary as much as men. Various government and community organizations have recently introduced training initiatives to help individuals improve negotiation skills during job search. Can we help candidates improve job...
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Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior
Bauer, Thomas K.; Göhlmann, Silja; Sinning, Mathias - 2006
This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP … part attributable to differences in coefficients. Our results reveal that the major part of the gender smoking differential … is attributable to differences in coefficients indicating substantial differences in the smoking behavior between men and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271814
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Gender differences in smoking behavior
Bauer, Thomas K.; Göhlmann, Silja; Sinning, Mathias - 2006
This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP … part attributable to differences in coefficients. Our results reveal that the major part of the gender smoking differential … is attributable to differences in coefficients indicating substantial differences in the smoking behavior between men and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271874
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Gender differences in smoking behavior
Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); Göhlmann, Silja (contributor) - 2006
This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP … part attributable to differences in coefficients. Our results reveal that the major part of the gender smoking differential … is attributable to differences in coefficients indicating substantial differences in the smoking behavior between men and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355653