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Television, health, and happiness: a natural experiment in West Germany
Chadi, Adrian; Hoffmann, Manuel - 2021
experiment in West Germany, where people in geographically restricted areas received commercial TV via terrestrial frequencies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012632053
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Decomposition analysis for a binary choice model
Yun, Myeong-Su - 2000
This paper introduces a new and simple decomposition method for a binary choice model that is equivalent to the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis for wage differentials. The decomposition method is first developed for a single probit model and later generalized to a simultaneous equations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001486509
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Racial harassment, job satisfaction and intentions to quit : evidence from the British nursing profession
Shields, Michael; Wheatley Price, Stephen - 2000
This paper investigates the determinants of racial harassment at the workplace and its impact, via job satisfaction, on intentions to quit. Using data for ethnic minority nurses in Britain, we find that nearly 40% of nurses have experienced racial harassment from work colleagues, whilst more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001521877
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Kursreaktionen auf die Ankündigung von Going Private-Transkaktionen am deutschen Kapitalmarkt
Eisele, Florian; Walter, Andreas - In: Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche … 58 (2006) 3, pp. 337-362
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003318489
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Multifaktormodelle zur Erklärung deutscher Aktienrenditen : eine empirische Analyse
Ziegler, Andreas; Schröder, Michael; Schulz, Anja; … - In: Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche … 59 (2007) 3, pp. 355-389
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003462138
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Revisiting the income-health nexus : the importance of choosing the "right" indicator
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010
We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824264
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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? : evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824272
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Inequality aversion and risk attitudes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2010
Using self reported measures of life satisfaction and risk attitudes, we empirically test whether there is a relationship between individuals inequality and risk aversion. The empirical analysis uses the German SOEP household panel for the years 1997 to 2007 to conclude that the negative effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824273
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Interrelationships among locus of control and years in management and unemployment : differences by gender
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010
This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes for men and women at two opposite poles of the labour market: high level managerial / leadership positions and unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824281
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Measuring income in household panel surveys for Germany : a comparison of EU-SILC and SOEP
Frick, Joachim R.; Krell, Kristina - 2010
Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … Germany. The - in some cases severe - differences identified are discussed in the context of the surveying and interviewing … exert a major influence on the substantive results and thus on the core findings regarding the social situation of Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824473