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No evidence that economic inequality moderates the effect of income on generosity

Schmukle, Stefan Christian; Korndörfer, Martin; … - 2019

A landmark study published in PNAS (Côté S, House J, Willer R, 2015, 112:15838–15843, doi:10.1073/pnas.1511536112) showed that higher income individuals are less generous than poorer individuals only if they reside in a U.S. state with comparatively large economic inequality. This finding...

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The benefits of believing in chance or fate : external locus of control as a protective factor for coping with the death of a spouse

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2010 - Former version

The death of a spouse is an extremely stressful life event that consequently causes a large drop in life satisfaction. Reactivity to the loss, however, varies markedly, a phenomenon that is currently not well understood. Because lack of controllability essentially contributes to the stressful...

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Pollution exposure and infant health : evidence from Germany

Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010

years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution …

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Spite and cognitive skills in preschoolers

Bügelmayer, Elisabeth; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2011

Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large-scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children's cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214...

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Examining mechanisms of personality maturation : the impact of life satisfaction on the development of Big Five personality traits

Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2012

Individuals are expected to mature with increasing age, but it is not yet fully understood which factors contribute to this maturation process. Using data of a representative sample of Germans (N = 14,718) who gave information about their Big Five personality traits twice over a period of 4...

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Familien in Deutschland : FiD; enhancing research on families in Germany

Schröder, Mathis; Siegers, Rainer; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2013

Deutschland (FiD)" was initiated. FiD is one of the "related studies" of the SOEP, i.e. a data collection effort closely related …

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Parental leave benefits and breastfeeding in Germany : effects of the 2007 reform

Kottwitz, Anita; Oppermann, Anja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014

this conflict. In 2007, Germany put into effect a new parental leave benefit (Elterngeld). The related reform increased the … duration in Germany. We draw on representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) from 2002 through …

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Local day-care quality and maternal employment : evidence from East and West Germany

Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014

provided differentiated analyses by the youngest child's age and for West and East Germany to examine moderating influences of … Germany'-Study for 2010 and 2011 (N=3,301 mothers) with regional structural quality data. We used regression models of … employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in …

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The bigger the children, the bigger the worries : are preschoolers and adolescents affected differently by family instability with regard to non-cognitive skills?

Peter, Frauke; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2011 - This version: 13 March 2011

Substantial research on the relationship between family structures and child outcomes represents a considerable part of the literature. However, family structure provides a rather static view of the relationship of children's living arrangements and their well-being, revealing hardly anything...

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Stability and change in affective experience across the adult life-span : analyses with a national sample from Germany

Kunzmann, Ute; Richter, David; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2013

Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a national sample spanning the adult lifespan, age differences in anger and sadness were explored. The cross-sectional and longitudinal findings consistently suggest that the frequency of anger increases during young adulthood, but then shows a...

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