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Evolution and determinants of rent burdens in Germany
Backhaus, Teresa; Gebers, Kathrin; Schröder, Carsten - 2015
The affordability of housing has become a major topic of discussion in Germany among both social scientists and the public at large. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we provide rent-income ratios over more than two decades and show how they change with households’...
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How a universal music education program affects time use, behavior, and school attitude
Hille, Adrian - 2015
It is still widely debated how non-cognitive skills can be affected by policy intervention. For example, universal music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries. These are intended to give children from poor families the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441643
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Aufschwung mit Schwächen : Prognose der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung 2016/2017
Horn, Gustav A.; Behringer, Jan; Herzog-Stein, Alexander; … - 2016
Hintergrund auch im Prognosezeitraum unter ihren Produktionsmöglichkeiten bleiben.Das gilt weniger ausgeprägt auch für Deutschland … wird Deutschland in diesem Jahr einen höheren Überschuss im Außenhandel aufweisen als je zuvor.Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt … (BIP) in Deutschland wird infolge der kräftigen Entwicklung in der ersten Jahreshälfte um 1,9 % im Jahresdurchschnitt …
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The federal budget debt brake since 2011 : the real test is yet to come
Paetz, Christoph; Rietzler, Katja; Truger, Achim - 2016
Looking back, the debt brake for the German federal government's budget seems a great success story: The targets for net borrowing were met with a wide margin each year, the budget was consolidated extremely fast since 2010 and the debt brake served as a role model for the Fiscal Compact at the...
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Wirtschaftspolitische Herausforderungen 2016 : Fundament der Erholung ausbalancieren
Horn, Gustav A.; Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Rietzler, Katja; … - 2016
Vermehrte öffentliche Investitionen in Bildung, Infrastruktur und ökologische Erneuerung sind in Deutschland nicht nur …
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Nur moderater Anstieg der Arbeitskosten in Deutschland
Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Joebges, Heike; Niechoj, Torsten; … - 2015
Lohnstückkosten nachgegangen. Im Jahr 2014 kostete in Deutschland eine Arbeitsstunde in der Privatwirtschaft 31,9 Euro. Wie im Vorjahr … belegt Deutschland damit im europäischen Länderranking den achten Platz. Mit einer Veränderungsrate von 1,8 % stiegen die … Arbeitskosten in Deutschland im Jahr 2014 etwas stärker als im europäischen Durchschnitt. In den Krisenländern stagnierten die …
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Working-time mismatch and mental health
Otterbach, Steffen; Wooden, Mark; Fok, Yin King - 2016
Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working-time mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired work hours) on mental health, as measured by the Mental Component Summary Score from the SF-12. Fixed effects and...
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Non-take-up of student financial help : a microsimulation for Germany
Herber, Stefanie P.; Kalinowski, Michael - 2016
This paper estimates the percentage of students who do not take up their federal need-based student financial aid entitlements and sheds light on determinants of this behavior. Against the background that educational mobility in Germany is low although extensive student financial aid for needy...
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Intergenerational correlations of extreme right-wing party preferences and attitudes toward immigration
Avdeenko, Alexandra; Siedler, Thomas - 2016
This study analyzes the importance of parental socialization on the development of children’s far right-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that the strongest and most important predictor for young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482633
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Econometric analysis of ratings : with an application to health and wellbeing
Studer, Raphael; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2016
We propose a new non-linear regression model for rating dependent variables. The rating scale model accounts for the upper and lower bounds of ratings. Parametric and semi-parametric estimation is discussed. An application investigates the relationship between stated health satisfaction and...
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