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Television Role Models and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Bönisch, Peter; Hyll, Walter - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015

In this paper we study the effect of television exposure on fertility. We exploit a natural experiment that took place in Germany after WWII. For topographical reasons, Western TV programs, which promoted one/no child families, could not be received in certain parts of East Germany. Using an IV...

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Long-Term Absenteeism and Moral Hazard: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

Sick leave payments represent a significant portion of public health expenditures and labor costs. Reductions in replacement levels are a commonly used instrument to tackle moral hazard and to increase the efficiency of the health insurance market. In Germany's Statutory Health Insurance (SHI)...

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Does Money Buy Higher Schooling?: Evidence from Secondary School Track Choice in Germany

Tamm, Marcus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

The German schooling system selects children into different secondary school tracks already at a very early stage in life. School track choice heavily influences choices and opportunities later in life. It has often been observed that secondary schooling achievements display a strong correlation...

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Migrant's Pursuit of Happiness: The Impact of Adaption, Social Comparison and Relative Deprivation; Evidence from a 'Natural' Experiment

Melzer, Silvia Maja; Muffels, Ruud J. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

The German reunification, which several economists have called a 'natural' experiment, provides the unique possibility to inquire the impact of migration on subjective well-being (SWB). The main goal of the research is to assessing the impact of adaptation, social comparison and relative...

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

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

In 1999, in Germany, the statutory sick pay level was increased from 80 to 100 percent of foregone earnings for sicknessepisodes of up to six weeks. We show that this reform has led to an increase in average absence days of about 10 percent or one additional day per employee, per year. The...

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Co-pay and Feel Okay: Evidence of Illusory Health Gains from a Health Insurance Reform

Paloyo, Alfredo R. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

The reliability of general self-rated health status is examined using the reform of the public health insurance system of Germany in 2004 as a source of exogenous variation. Among others, the reform introduced a co-payment for ambulatory doctor visits and increased the co-payments for...

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Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime

Brück, Tilman; Müller, Cathérine - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting …. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime, the determinants of concerns regarding global terrorism are less well … global terrorism and crime, and show that worries about terrorism are driven by similar determinants as those about crime …

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The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education

Schüller, Simone - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

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