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Merkmale und Einschätzungen der Bewohner von Wohnungsgenossenschaften: eine Charakterisierung auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels
Theurl, Theresia; Wicher, Jochen; Cappenberg, Christina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128961
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Panel Conditioning and Self-Reported Satisfaction: Evidence from International Panel Data and Repeated Cross-Sections
Landeghem, Bert Van - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Using data from three European countries, this paper investigates whether self-reported satisfaction data are subject to panel conditioning or a panel effect, that is, whether answers depend on whether one has previously participated in the panel. The analysis proposes a way to account for panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010601628
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Are Recessions Good for Educational Attainment?
Ochsen, Carsten - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
In this study, we examine how economic performance during the child-specific primary school phase, during which teachers make recommendations regarding secondary school level, affects the educational level achieved ultimately by these children. Using data for Germany, we find that an economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541308
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Does Immigration Weaken Natives' Support for the Welfare State?: Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615362
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Structural Labor Supply Models and Wage Exogeneity
Löffler, Max; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
elasticities derived from microeconometric models can also be explained by modeling assumptions with respect to wages. Specifically … very sensitive to the treatment of wages. In particular, the often-made but highly restrictive independence assumption … between preferences and wages is key. To overcome this restriction, we propose a flexible estimation strategy that nests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128940
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The Bigger the Children, the Bigger the Worries: Are Preschoolers and Adolescents Affected Differently by Family Instability with Regard to Non-cognitive Skills?
Peter, Frauke H.; Spiess, C. Katharina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Substantial research on the relationship between family structures and child outcomes represents a considerable part of the literature. However, family structure provides a rather static view of the relationship of children's living arrangements and their well-being, revealing hardly anything...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868115
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Schenkungen und Erbschaften im Lebenslauf: vergleichende Längsschnittanalysen zu intergenerationalen Transfers
Leopold, Thomas; Schneider, Thorsten - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
The research on private financial transfers between generations lacks a longitudinal perspective. Gifts as intergenerational transfers inter vivos allow us to study the importance of life course events for the chances of receiving transfers. In Germany, gifts are highly private and leave more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611295
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Population Aging and Individual Attitudes toward Immigration: Disentangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects
Calahorrano, Lena - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
In the face of rising old-age dependency ratios in industrialized countries like Germany, politicians and their electorates discuss the loosening of immigration policies as one policy option to ensure the sustainability of public social security systems. The question arises whether this policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223210
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To Own or Not to Own?: Household Portfolios, Demographics and Institutions in a Cross-National Perspective
Sierminska, Eva; Doorley, Karina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach, we show that cohort effects exist in the income profiles of asset and debt portfolios for a sample of European countries, the U.S. and Canada. We find that younger households' participation decisions in assets are more responsive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896244
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills during Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Anger, Silke - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents to children as one potential candidate to explain the intergenerational link of socio-economic status. Using representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we contrast the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787016