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Disability and Work: the Role of Health Shocks and Childhood Circumstances

Lindeboom, Maarten; Nozal, Ana Llena; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2006

This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history model that includes unscheduled hospitalizations as a measure for unanticipated health shocks and estimate the model on data from the British National Child Development Study...

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Anrechnung von Erwerbseinkommen beim Arbeitslosengeld II

Knabe, Andreas - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 85 (2005) 3, pp. 166-172

Mit der Zusammenlegung von Arbeitslosen- und Sozialhilfe zum Arbeitslosengeld II wurden auch die Anrechnungsregeln für Erwerbseinkommen verändert, um höhere Arbeitsanreize für Hilfeempfänger zu schaffen. Wie war der Zuverdienst im Sozialhilfegesetz geregelt? Welche Folgen haben die...

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Einkommeslage und Einkommensverwendungspotential Älterer in Deutschland

Schmähl, Winfried - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 85 (2005) 3, pp. 156-165

Mit Hinweis auf die künftige demographische Entwicklung und hohe Alterseinkommen von Rentnern werden Vorschläge zur Umverteilung zwischen den „Generationen“ zugunsten Jüngerer und zulasten Älterer begründet. Wie steht es um die Alterseinkommen jetzt und zukünftig in Deutschland?

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The Anatomy of Subjective Well-being

van Praag, Bernard M.S.; Frijters, P.; … - 2002

income. The model is estimated using a large German panel data set. …

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Earnings Risk and Demand for Higher Education

Hartog, Joop; Serrano, Luis Diaz - 2002

We develop a simple human capital model for optimum schooling length when earnings are stochastic, and highlight the pivotal role of risk attitudes and the schooling gradient of earnings risk. We use Spanish data to document the gradient and to estimate individual response to earnings risk in...

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Identifying Reduced-Form Relations with Panel Data

Vollebergh, Herman R.J.; Melenberg, Bertrand; … - 2007

The literature that tests for U-shaped relationships using panel data, such as those between pollution and income or … subjective choices due to a lack of identification. We apply our methodology to the pollution-income relationship of both CO2 …- and SO2-emissions. Interestingly, our approach yields estimates of both income (scale) and time (composition and …

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The Compensating Income Variation of Social Capital

Groot, Wim; van den Brink, Henriëtte Maassen; van … - 2007

the compensating income variation of social capital. We find differences in social capital when we differentiate according … income generally has a statistically significant effect. We find a significant effect of social capital on …?life?satisfaction. Consequently, the compensating income variation of social capital is substantial. …

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If you are so smart, why aren't you an Entrepreneur?

Hartog, Joop; van Praag, Mirjam; van der Sluis, Justin - 2008

generates a higher income, but only for entrepreneurs: This finding supports Lazear's Jack-of-all-Trades theory. …

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Coronabedingte Ungleichheit und Armut in Deutschland: Überschätzt oder unterschätzt?

Dauderstädt, Michael - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 102 (2022) 1, pp. 64-66

Recent data from EU-SILC and Destatis seemed to indicate a dramatic increase in German inequality and poverty in the pandemic year 2020. But Destatis had changed its data collection method. Based on several studies, it is likely that the actual rise has been much weaker while the previous data...

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Einkommen und Kreditschulden privater Haushalte

Grabka, Markus M.; Bartz, Berenike - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 102 (2022) 3, pp. 175-180

This article describes the development of the needs-weighted net household income of persons in private households in … particular, the share of households that spend more than 30 % of their household net income on loan repayments has halved over …

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