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Self-Employment after Socialism : Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurial Values, and Human Capital

Fritsch, Michael - 2012

post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the socialist regime significantly damaged this mechanism of an …

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'Familien in Deutschland' – FiD : Enhancing Research on Families in Germany

Fräßdorf, Mathis - 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 - 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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Maternal Life Satisfaction and Child Outcomes : Are They Related?

Berger, Eva M.; Spiess, C. Katharina - 2009

This paper investigates the association between maternal life satisfaction and the developmental functioning of two- to three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behavior of five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), which allows...

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The German Socio-Economic Panel as a Reference Data Set

Siedler, Thomas; Schupp, Jürgen; Spiess, C. Katharina; … - 2009

This paper discusses how household panels in general - and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in particular - can serve as reference data for researchers collecting datasets that do not represent the full universe of the population of interest (e.g., through clinical trials, intervention...

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Does Distance Determine Who Attends a University in Germany?

Spiess, C. Katharina; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008

We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who …

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Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years

Cawley, John; Spiess, C. Katharina - 2009

In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental functioning of children at younger ages...

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Local Day-Care Quality and Maternal Employment : Evidence from East and West Germany

Schober, Pia Sophia; 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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Information Asymmetries between Parents and Educators in German Childcare Institutions

Camehl, Georg; Schober, Pia Sophia; Spiess, C. Katharina - 2018

asymmetries. We empirically investigate information asymmetries between parents and ECEC professionals in Germany, making use of a …

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Personality Traits, Self-Employment, and Professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2013

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits — the Big Five — on an individual’s decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of selfemployment varies considerably across professions,...

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