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Obesity and developmental functioning among children aged 2-4 years
Cawley, John; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2008
developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio … the correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that the correlation …
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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
conditions of immigrant children in comparison to native born German children must take into account the heterogeneity of … children in Germany has been marked by increasing problems: in 1997 the population share of children living in households … children within this process. Our comparative analyses are based on the different sub-samples of the German Socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260753
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Worries across time and a ge in Germany: Bringing together open- and close-ended questions
Rohrer, Julia M.; Bruemmer, Martin; Schupp, Jürgen; … - 2017
We investigate how worries in Germany change across time and age, drawing on both closed-ended questions (which typically list a number of worry items) and open-ended questions answered in text format. We find that relevant world events influence worries. For example, worries about peace peaked...
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Choices which change life satisfaction: Revising SWB theory to account for change
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010
Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271354
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Global futures of energy, climate, and policy: Qualitative and quantitative foresight towards 2055
Ansari, Dawud; Holz, Franziska; Tosun, Hasan Basri - 2019
Existing long-term energy and climate scenarios are typically a rather simple extrapolation of past trends. Both qualitative and quantitative outlooks co-exist, but they often focus narrowly on individual perspectives, which is opposed to the interlinked and complex nature of energy and climate....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011964355
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Top-down vs. bottom-up: The long-term impact of government ideology and personal experience on values
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2013
This paper studies the long-term impact of societal socialization on values using the example of doping behavior in sports. We apply the German Reunification Approach to the microcosm of Berlin and exploit its 40-year long division into a capitalist and a communist sector. We deliberately chose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292683
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Make sure the kids are ok: Indirect effects of ground-level ozone on well-being
Rechlitz, Julia; Sarmiento, Luis; Zaklan, Aleksandar - 2020
adults' well-being indirectly through the health of their children. Results show that ozone decreases the well-being of … individuals with children while not affecting persons without kids. We confirm the same effect for fine particulate matter and … workdays to care for a sick child, providing evidence on the children's health channel to adults' welfare losses. …
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COVID-19 lockdown compliance, financial stress, and acceleration in technology adoption in rural Uganda
Hamdan, Jana Samira; Xu, Yuanwei - 2022
We examine the medium-term impact of COVID-19 for financial well-being and technology adoption in a low-income country. The analysis is based on regionally representative panel data consisting of 1,975 micro-entrepreneurs from rural Uganda. Using a LASSO approach, we first show that several...
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Effectiveness, spillovers, and well-being effects of driving restriction policies
Sarmiento, Luis; Wägner, Nicole; Zaklan, Aleksandar - 2021
We study the effectiveness, spillovers, and well-being effects of low emission zones in Germany, an emission-intensity-based driving restriction rapidly growing in popularity. Using regression discontinuity and group-time difference-in-differences designs, we show that previous estimates of the...
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Food price inflation and children's schooling
Grimm, Michael - 2008
I analyze the impact of food price inflation on parental decisions to send their children to school. Moreover, I use … enrolment rates. Instrumental variable estimates show that the effect of household income on children's school enrolment is much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271077