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Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior

Heineck, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

barely any evidence for Germany. This study adds to this literature by exploring data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …

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Don't Worry, Be Happy? Happiness and Reemployment

Krause, Annabelle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …

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Job Insecurity, Employability, and Health: An Analysis for Germany across Generations

Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In this paper, we use 12 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to examine the relationship between job insecurity, employability and health-related well-being. Our results indicate that being unemployed has a strong negative effect on life satisfaction and health. They also, however,...

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Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data

Decancq, Koen; Neumann, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities of the individuals. After examining the...

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Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

secondary schooling in Germany which are not migrant-specific. …

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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

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Will it Last? An Assessment of the 2001 German Pension Reform

Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

In May 2001, Germany adopted a fundamental pension reform cutting back public pensions and introducing personal pension …

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Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen

Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Das durchschnittliche Rentenzugangsalter in Deutschland liegt erheblich unter der gesetzlichen Regelaltersgrenze … den Ruhestand anreizneutral zu gestalten. Early Retirement in Germany: Institutions and Incentives A substantial fraction … and Social Security institutions. We explain the various pathways to retirement existing in Germany, and assess the …

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Die Wirkung der Hartz-Reform im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung

Schneider, Hilmar; Uhlendorff, Arne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Mit der Hartz-Reform wurden auch im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung grundlegende Neuerungen eingeführt. Dazu gehören vor allem die Einführung von Bildungsgutscheinen als neuem Allokationsinstrument, das den potentiellen Teilnehmern Wahlfreiheit bei der Auswahl der Bildungsanbieter...

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Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik - Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen

Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Deutschland plädiert es für Zurückhaltung bei der Festlegung zusätzlicher Mindestlohnbestimmungen und gegen eine Ausweitung von … regarding the introduction of additional minimum wages in Germany and more generous in-work benefits combined with an unchanged …

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