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Revisiting the income-health nexus : the importance of choosing the "right" indicator
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010
We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824264
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826482
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Assessing the effectiveness of health care cost containment measures
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011
were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral hazard and public health expenditures in the market for convalescent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826715
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357265
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How natural disasters can affect environmental concerns, risk aversion, and even politics : evidence from Fukushima and three European countries
Goebel, Jan; Krekel, Christian; Tiefenbach, Tim; … - 2015
preferences in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. In these countries, overall life satisfaction did not significantly decrease, but … oldest reactors. In Germany, political support for the Greens increased significantly, whereas in Switzerland and the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283127
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747805
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In absolute or relative terms? : how framing prices affects the consumer price sensitivity of health plan choice
Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011
This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009407561
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Examining the structure of spatial health effects in Germany using Hierarchical Bayes Models
Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013
This paper uses Hierarchical Bayes Models to model and estimate spatial health effects in Germany. We combine rich …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241623
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374176
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010347775