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Polarization of Economic Well-Being, Distributional Conflicts, and Perceptions of Inequality in Germany (Wohlstandspolarisierung, Verteilungskonflikte Und Ungleichheitswahrnehmunge...

Faik, Jürgen; Becker, Jens - 2010

resources and the perception of social inequality in Germany will be picked out as a central theme. By means of empirical … by the wellbeing indicator income – has increased in the Federal Republic of Germany during the recent past. This is … includes some dangers for the democracy and the social stability in Germany although in an EU-27 perspective – at least in …

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Subjective and Objective Living Conditions of Unemployed Persons (Subjektive Und Objektive Lebenslagen Von Arbeitslosen)

Faik, Jürgen; Becker, Jens - 2010

The discussion paper picks out the objective and the subjective well-being of the unemployed in Germany compared to the …

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The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009

In 1999, in Germany, the statutory sick pay level was increased from 80 to 100 percent of foregone earnings for …

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A Natural Experiment on Sick Pay Cuts, Sickness Absence, and Labor Costs

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009

This study estimates the reform effects of a reduction in statutory sick pay levels on various outcome dimensions. A federal law reduced the legal obligation of German employers to provide 100 percent continued wages for up to six weeks per sickness episode to 80 percent. This measure increased...

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'Do I Really Need to Go to Rehab? I'd Say No, No, No.' Estimating Price Elasticities of Convalescent Care Programs

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009

treatment at health spas. In Germany, the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) covers both forms of therapy if administered in …

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Introducing Risk Adjustment and Free Health Plan Choice in Employer-Based Health Insurance : Evidence from Germany

Pilny, Adam - 2017

To equalize differences in health plan premiums due to differences in risk pools, the German legislature introduced a simple Risk Adjustment Scheme (RAS) based on age, gender and disability status in 1994. In addition, effective 1996, consumers gained the freedom to choose among hundreds of...

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In Vino Pecunia? The Association between Beverage-Specific Drinking Behavior and Wages

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus - 2008

-based microdata from the GSOEP for 2006, we confirm that this relationship exists for Germany as well. More importantly, we shed light …

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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Equivalence Scales for West Germany Based on Subjective Data on Life Satisfaction

Faik, Jürgen - 2013

German 1984-2010 Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) database for West Germany. It follows the “individual variant” for calculating …

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Analyzing Regional Variation in Health Care Utilization Using (Rich) Household Microdata

Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013

This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike …

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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 …

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