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The Impact of Child and Maternal Health Indicators on Female Labor Force Participation after Childbirth: Evidence for Germany

Dunkelberg, Annalena; Spieß, C. Katharina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

This paper analyzes the influence of children's health and mothers' physical and mental well-being on female labor …, which enables us to measure chil-dren's health based on the occurrence of severe health problems including mental and physi …-cal disabilities, hospitalizations, and preterm births. Since child health is measured at a very young age, we can rule out any of the …

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The Long-Term Care System in Denmark

Schulz, Erika - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

This document provides an overview of the long-term care system, the number and develop-ment of beneficiaries and the long-term care policy in Denmark. The report is part of the first stage of the European project ANCIEN (Assessing Needs of Care in European Nations), commissioned by the European...

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The Long-Term Care System in Germany

Schulz, Erika - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

This document provides an overview of the long-term care system, the number and develop-ment of beneficiaries and the long-term care policy in Germany. The report is part of the first stage of the European project ANCIEN (Assessing Needs of Care in European Nations), commissioned by the European...

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Too Rich to Do the Dirty Work?: Wealth Effects on the Demand for Good Jobs

Haywood, Luke - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

Jobs offer different wages and different non-monetary working conditions. This paper investigates how the demand for non-monetary aspects evolves over changing wealth levels. Wages do not perfectly compensate individuals for differential utility of jobs in a labour market with informational...

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Using Job Changes to Evaluate the Bias of the Value of a Statistical Life

Spengler, Hannes; Schaffner, Sandra - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

risks, e.g., in the domains of health, environmental or traffic policy. …

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Der Einfluss unbeobachteter Heterogenität auf kompensatorische Lohndifferentiale und den Wert eines statistischen Lebens: eine mikroökonometrische Parallelanalyse mit IABS und SOEP...

Schaffner, Sandra; Spengler, Hannes - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005

Die Arbeit untersucht mittels IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe, Sozioökonomischem Panel und Informationen über tödliche Arbeitsunfälle die Existenz kompensatorischer Lohndifferentiale zur Bestimmung desWertes eines statistischen Lebens (WSL) in Deutschland. Querschnittsregressionen auf Basis...

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Gender-Job Satisfaction Differences across Europe: An Indicator for Labor Market Modernization

Kaiser, Lutz C. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005

In 14 member states of the European Union, women's relative to men's levels of job satisfaction are compared by using data of the European Household Community Panel. The countries under consideration can be assigned to three different groups. Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands do not show...

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Trade Flows and Trade Specialisation: The Case of China

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria; Sova, Robert - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

Using annual data for the period 1992-2012, this paper examines trade flows between China and its main trade partners in Asia, North America and Europe, and whether increasing trade has led to industrial structural adjustment and changes in China’s trade patterns. The analysis is based on both...

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Biases in Estimates of the Smoking Wage Penalty

Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

Empirical studies on the earnings effects of tobacco use have found significant wage penalties attached to smoking. We produce evidence that suggests that these estimates are significantly upward biased. The bias arises from a general failure in the literature to control for the past smoking...

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Greifkraftmessung im Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)

Schupp, Jürgen - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

Mit der Lieferung der SOEP-Erhebungsdaten 2006 stehen erstmals im SOEP Daten eines verlässlichen Gesundheitsmaßes zur Verfügung, das nicht auf selbstberichteten Angaben beruht. Die in dem Bericht dokumentierten Daten werden in einem speziell aufbereiteten Datenfile im Rahmen eines gültigen...

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