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Television, health, and happiness: a natural experiment in West Germany
Chadi, Adrian; Hoffmann, Manuel - 2021
experiment in West Germany, where people in geographically restricted areas received commercial TV via terrestrial frequencies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012632053
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Decomposition analysis for a binary choice model
Yun, Myeong-Su - 2000
This paper introduces a new and simple decomposition method for a binary choice model that is equivalent to the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis for wage differentials. The decomposition method is first developed for a single probit model and later generalized to a simultaneous equations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001486509
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Racial harassment, job satisfaction and intentions to quit : evidence from the British nursing profession
Shields, Michael; Wheatley Price, Stephen - 2000
This paper investigates the determinants of racial harassment at the workplace and its impact, via job satisfaction, on intentions to quit. Using data for ethnic minority nurses in Britain, we find that nearly 40% of nurses have experienced racial harassment from work colleagues, whilst more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001521877
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Childbearing history, later life health, and mortality in Germany
Hank, Karsten - 2010
's physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas … late motherhood is associated with lower psychological well-being in East Germany. Moreover, among Western German women … "normative" life course track supposedly had adverse effects on women's health in West Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825927
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Personality and marital surplus
Lundberg, Shelly - 2010
This paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study to examine the relationship between psychological traits, in particular personality, and the formation and dissolution of marital and cohabiting partnerships. Changing patterns of selection into and out of relationships indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825928
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The selection of pay referents : potential patterns and impacts on life satisfaction
Schneider, Simone - 2010
Despite the relatively extensive research on pay levels and the consequences of income disparities, little is known about which reference groups people choose for comparative evaluation of personal income and why different selection patterns emerge. The aim of this paper is to dig deeper for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826564
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Späte Mutterschaft als medizinischer Risikofaktor? : der Einfluss des Alters der Mutter auf das Risiko der Frühgeburt
Peters, Frederik - 2010
Das steigende mittlere Alter bei Geburt wird in der medizinischen Forschung als wichtiger Risikofaktor für die Gesundheit der Neugeborenen erachtet, die über den Indikator Frühgeburt bestimmt werden kann. Die vorliegende Analyse eines Kollektivs von insgesamt 1391 Geburten von Müttern im...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008827066
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Time Is money : the influence of parenthood timing on wages
Kind, Michael; Kleibrink, Jan - 2012
This paper studies the effect of parenthood timing on future wages. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we employ an instrumental variable approach to identify the causal effect of delaying parenthood on wages of mothers and fathers. Consistent with previous studies, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578758
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Family background, informal networks and the decision to provide for old age : a siblings approach
Lamla, Bettina - 2012 - This version: July 2012
Germany introduced the so-called Riester pensions. The complex design of the new product might have created entry barriers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578791
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Inheritance in Germany 1911 to 2009 : a mortality multiplier approach
Schinke, Christoph - 2012 - This version: July 2012
We estimate the size of inheritance and gift flows in Germany for selected years over the last century, applying the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578803