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Who does the shopping? : German time-use evidence, 1996 – 2009
Procher, Vivien; Vance, Colin - 2013
panel methods to analyze, descriptively and econometrically, gender disparities in shopping behavior among couples using … increase each partner's time in shopping. -- Shopping ; Time-use ; gender differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687808
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Did customers benefit from the reorganisation of customer management in German employment agencies?
Ehlert, Christoph - 2013
Als Reaktion auf die hohe und verfestigte Arbeitslosigkeit in der Bundesrepublik in den 1990er Jahren wurden in der Bundesagentur für Arbeit verschiedene Reformen durchgeführt. Eine der wichtigsten Reformen betraf die Reorganisation der Arbeitsvermittlung durch die sukzessive Einführung der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225113
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Solar off-grid markets in Africa : recent dynamics and the role of branded products
Grimm, Michael; Peters, Jörg - 2016
Solar off -grid technologies have become a lower-cost alternative to grid-based electrification in rural Africa. As a contribution to the United Nations’ electricity for all goals, policy currently promotes branded solar products based on the assumption that high-quality standards are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494865
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Parenthood and risk preferences
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015
This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519118
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That's just - not fair : gender differences in notions of justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences for giving and notions of justice in experiments using the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339883
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The intergenerational transmission of gender role attitudes : evidence from immigrant mothers-in-law
Bredtmann, Julia; Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Otten, Sebastian - 2017
intergenerationally transmitted gender role attitudes also explain economic outcomes of individuals other than immediate relatives …. Focusing on daughters-in-law, we examine whether the gender role attitudes of foreign-born mothers-in-law affect the fertility … positively related to the gender role attitudes in her mother-in-law’s country of origin. Employing a new identification strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011787325
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Why are more boys born during war? : evidence from Germany at mid century
Bethmann, Dirk - 2009
In belligerent countries, male-to-female sex ratios at birth increased during and shortly after the two world wars. These rises still defy explanation. Several causes have been suggested (but not tested) in the literature. Many of these causes are proximate in nature, reflecting behavioral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903701
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Who feels constrained by high debt burdens? : subjective vs. objective measures of household indebtedness
Keese, Matthias - 2010
; gender differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931410
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Continuous training, job satisfaction and gender : an empirical analysis using German panel data
Burgard, Claudia; Görlitz, Katja - 2011
satisfaction focusing in particular on gender differences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and firm … effects. To gain insights into the reasons for this difference, we further investigate training characteristics by gender. We … of women. -- Training ; job satisfaction ; gender differences ; fixed effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579633
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Gender differences in the intergenerational earnings mobility of second-generation migrants
Flake, Regina - 2011
This study analyzes gender differences in the intergenerational earnings mobility of second-generation migrants in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580257