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Motivated by contradictory evidence on intergenerational mobility in Germany, I present a cross-country comparison of Germany and the US, reassessing the question of whether intergenerational mobility is higher in Germany than the US. I can reproduce the standard result from the literature,...
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This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or wellbeing). We estimate sibling correlations and intergenerational correlations in self-reported life satisfaction, satisfaction with household income, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with health. We find...
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This paper is the first to analyze intergenerational economic mobility based on sibling correlations in permanent earnings in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows: the importance of family and community background in...
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Deutschland. Anhand der Daten des deutschen sozioökonomischen Panels ist es möglich, sowohl Vater-Sohn als auch Vater …-Tochter Paare von 0,2. Das bedeutet, in Deutschland werden im Durchschnitt 17 % bzw. 20 % des elterlichen Einkommensvorteils bzw … belegen für Deutschland ein hohes Maß an intergenerationaler Mobilität. …
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In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2006. Our preferred point estimate indicates an...
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. In West Germany the group of workers with low tenure experienced higher increases in wage inequality. …
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Psychische Erkrankungen, beispielsweise Depressionen, haben in den vergangenen Jahrzenten weltweit an Bedeutung gewonnen. Da diese nicht nur mit erheblichen Einschränkungen für die Betroffenen selbst verbunden sind, sondern auch einen hohen Kostenfaktor für die Allgemeinheit darstellen, wird...
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verfassten Gesellschaften teilen. Obwohl alle Bürger formal über gleiche Rechte verfügen, sind auch in Deutschland die Chancen … auf individuelle Arbeitseinkommen, Familieneinkommen, Stundenlöhne sowie Bildungserfolg in Deutschland im internationalen … Vergleich ist die Chancengleichheit in Deutschland damit auf einem ähnlich niedrigen Niveau wie in den USA und signifikant …
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This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. Based on a large representative German dataset including IQ test scores and measures of non-cognitive skills, a restricted maximum likelihood model...
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In this paper we present sibling and neighbor correlations in school grades and cognitive skills as well as indicators of physical and mental health for a sample of German adolescents. In a first step, we estimate sibling correlations and find substantial influence of shared family and community...
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