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Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); Göhlmann, Silja (contributor) - 2006

This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that...

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Intra-household time allocation : gender differences in caring for children

García Mainar, Inmaculada; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2009

characteristics, for five samples (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), with data being drawn from the European Community …

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Is Posner right? : an empirical test of the Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to old men

Wunder, Christoph; Schwarze, Johannes - 2009

Posner (1995) proposes the redistribution of health spending from old women to old men to equalize life expectancy. His argument is based on the assumption that women's utility is higher if they are married. Thus, extending the lifespan of men would benefit women. Using life satisfaction data...

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Effect of labor division between wife and husband on the risk of divorce : evidence from German data

Kraft, Kornelius; Neimann, Stefanie - 2009

does not significantly alter the probability of separation. -- Divorce ; labor division ; Germany …

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Life-cycle patterns in male/female differences in job search

Kunze, Astrid; Troske, Kenneth R. - 2009

We investigate whether women search longer for a job than men and whether these differences change over the life cycle. Our empirical analysis exploits German register data on highly attached displaced workers. We apply duration models to analyze gender differences in job search taking into...

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Gender differences in subjective well-being in and out of management positions

Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010

it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …

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East-West migration and gender : is there a "double disadvantage" vis-à-vis stayers?

Zaiceva, Anzelika (contributor) - 2007

This paper documents whether female East-West migrants in Germany after the reunification experience a gain or a …

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Gender differences in labor supply to monopsonistic firms : an empirical analysis using linked employer-employee data from Germany

Hirsch, Boris (contributor); Schank, Thorsten (contributor); … - 2006

model of new monopsony. Using methods of survival analysis and a linked employer-employee dataset for Germany, we find that …

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Ethnic self-identification of first-generation immigrants

Zimmermann, Laura (contributor); … - 2006

This paper uses the concept of ethnic self-identification of immigrants in a two-dimensional framework. It acknowledges the fact that attachments to the home and the host country are not necessarily mutually exclusive. There are three possible paths of adjustment from separation at entry, namely...

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What’s the difference?! : gender, personality, and the propensity to start a business

Furdas, Marina; Kohn, Karsten - 2010

Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by …-scale population survey on start-up activity in Germany. As a unique feature, the data combine socio-demographic characteristics …. -- Entrepreneurship ; gender difference ; start-up propensity ; decomposition analysis ; KfW Start-up Monitor ; Germany …

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