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The Politicians’ Wage Gap : Insights from German Members of Parliament

Peichl, Andreas - 2011

Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...

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Management and Performance in the Public Sector : Evidence from German Municipalities

Englmaier, Florian; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; … - 2022

We study management practices and performance of public sector organizations in Germany. For a representative sample of municipalities, we provide survey evidence for substantial het-erogeneity in the use of structured management practices. This heterogeneity is not driven by differences across...

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Electoral Cycles in Perceived Corruption : International Empirical Evidence

Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International’s Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …

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Natural hazard risk and life satisfaction : empirical evidence for U.S. hurricanes

Berlemann, Michael; Eurich, Marina - 2020

The ongoing process of climate change goes along with an increase in the frequency and severity of various sorts of natural disasters. While the existing literature has almost exclusively focused on studying the direct effects resulting from different types of disasters, the effect of changing...

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Parental separation and well-being of youths

Winkelmann, Rainer (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between...

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Individual rationality and learning : welfare expectations in East Germany post-reunification

Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael - 2002

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The value of reunification in Germany : an analysis of changes in life satisfaction

Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael - 2002

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Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : Evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction

Schwarze, Johannes; Härpfer, Marco - 2002

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Income and happiness : new results from generalized threshold and sequential models

Boes, Stefan (contributor); Winkelmann, Rainer (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the most well-known representatives being the ordered logit and the ordered probit. However, these models restrict the marginal probability effects by design, and therefore limit the...

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She's Leaving Home : A Large Sample Investigation of the Empty Nest Syndrome

Piper, Alan T. - 2018

This study considers life satisfaction in relation to the empty nest syndrome, which is a situation where there are feelings of loss or loneliness for mothers and/or fathers following the departure of the last child from the parental home. In particular, the investigation considers the...

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