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health, and fairness of pay. … variability therefore uncovers a mechanism of how perceptions of unfairness can adversely affect cardiovascular health. We further … test potential adverse health effects of unfair pay using data from a large representative data set. Complementary to our …
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. In this paper, we explore the questions of what exactly is measured by the diverse survey-derived scales and experiments …
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In the 2008 Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) Pretest, the factorial survey method was tested for the first time for use in the SOEP longitudinal study. In this paper, we describe the construction and application of the vignette module, which has its origins in the field of justice research and...
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This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike … individual-level and state-level factors that may contribute to the geographic variation in health care utilization. The raw data …-level differences vanish once we control for individual-level socio-economic characteristics, the respondents' health status, their …
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, sports and leisure, career, and health - the paper also studies the impact of context on risk attitudes, finding a strong but …
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Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
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This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income. Making full use of the panel data nature of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for well-being depending on absolute and on relative levels of...
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Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of unemployment have recently attracted increasing attention. Although many studies have documented...
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using a large representative survey that corroborates an important hypothesis arising from laboratory experiments …
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In Germany, two observations can be tracked over the past 15 to 20 years: First, income inequality has constantly … change in income inequality. It appears that inequality would also have increased without this demographic trend. But its …
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