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Identifying age penalty in women's wages : new method and evidence from Germany 1984-2014
Tyrowicz, Joanna; Van der Velde, Lucas; Staveren, Irene van - 2017
Given theoretical premises, gender wage gap adjusted for individual characteristics is likely to vary over age. We extend DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) semi-parametric technique to disentangle year, cohort and age effects in adjusted gender wage gaps. We rely on a long panel of data from...
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Why is the world getting older? : the influence of happiness on mortality
Guven, Cahit; Saloumidis, Rudolph - 2009
World life expectancy has risen by around 20 years in the last 50 years. This period has also witnessed rising happiness levels around the world suggesting that happiness might be one of the causes behind the decline in mortality. We investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality...
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Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age U-shape in human wellbeing
Schwandt, Hannes - 2013
A large literature in behavioral and social sciences has found that human wellbeing follows a U-shape over age. Some theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially abandoned and experienced with less regret during old...
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Does a better job match makes women happier? : work orientations, work-care choices and subjective well-being in Germany
Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Kemperman, Bauke - 2011
The study examines the effects of work orientations and work-leisure choices alongside the effect of genes or personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women's preferred and actual number of working hours indicating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008858153
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Sind Indikatoren zur Lebensqualität und zur Lebenszufriedenheit als politische Zielgrößen sinnvoll?
Huschka, Denis; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010 - Umfangreich erw. Fassung
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...
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Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland : Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators
Suntum, Ulrich van; Prinz, Aloys; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008858404
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Choices which change life satisfaction : similar results for Australia, Britain and Germany
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2011
Using data from national socio-economic panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany, this paper analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008859059
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Inequality aversion and risk attitudes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2010
Using self reported measures of life satisfaction and risk attitudes, we empirically test whether there is a relationship between individuals inequality and risk aversion. The empirical analysis uses the German SOEP household panel for the years 1997 to 2007 to conclude that the negative effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824273
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A detailed decomposition of changes in wage inequality in reunified post-transition Germany 1999 - 2006
Al-Farhan, Usamah Fayez - 2010
In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a … in Germany. On the other hand, the relative stability in wage inequality during the sub-period 2002-2006 was caused by … coefficient effect maintained a positive influence in both the western region, eastern region and in reunified Germany alike …
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Zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators ("Glücks-BIP") für Deutschland
Suntum, Ulrich van - 2010
Trotz steigender Wirtschaftsleistung hat sich die Lebenszufriedenheit in Deutschland seit Beginn der 90er Jahre nicht …, geben. Auch die Vereinten Nationen und die EU beschäftigen sich neuerdings intensiv mit dieser Frage. Für Deutschland gab es …
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