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Empirical welfare analysis in random utility models of labour supply
Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - 2010
The aim of this paper is to apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of random utility models of labour supply. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269007
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Zufriedenheit mit der Altersvorsorge und Präferenzen für alternative Sicherungsmodelle : empirische Analysen mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)
Wunder, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002062103
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The attitudes towards the Euro : an empirical study based on the German socio-economic panel (SOEP)
Isengard, Bettina (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001972544
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The selection of pay referents : potential patterns and impacts on life satisfaction
Schneider, Simone - 2010
about which reference groups people choose for comparative evaluation of personal income and why different selection …-cut picture emerges for the differential selection of reference groups. Structural characteristics - e.g., level of income …, education, and type of employment - are of only minor importance in the selection of reference groups for income comparisons …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826564
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Measuring state dependence in individual poverty status : are there feedback effects to employment decisions and household composition?
Biewen, Martin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002121750
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The relationship between pet ownership and health outcomes : German longitudinal evidence
Headey, Bruce (contributor); Grabka, Markus M. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002151389
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Enrolment into higher education and changes in repayment obligations of student aid : microeconometric evidence for Germany
Baumgartner, Hans J. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We evaluate the effect of the federal students' financial assistance scheme (BAfoeG) on enrolment rates into higher education by exploiting the exogenous variation introduced through a discrete shift in the repayment regulations. Supported students had to repay the full loan until 1990....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002243173
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The distribution and heterogeneity of technical efficiency within industries : an empirical assessment
Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Stephan, Andreas (contributor) - 2004
This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002416843
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What causes cross-industry differences of technical efficiency? : An empirical investigation
Fritsch, Michael (contributor); Stephan, Andreas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Using micro-level panel data of about 35,000 firms from the German Cost Structure Census, we analyze the differences of technical efficiency across industries. Technical efficiency is estimated by firms' fixed effects. One striking result is that the distribution of technical efficiency across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002416955
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Subjective well-being and relative deprivation : an empirical link
D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper explores the relationship between two well-established concepts of measuring individual well-being: the concept of happiness, i.e. self-reported level of satisfaction with income and life, and relative deprivation/satisfaction, i.e. the gaps between the individual's income and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002390091