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Späte Mutterschaft als medizinischer Risikofaktor? : der Einfluss des Alters der Mutter auf das Risiko der Frühgeburt

Peters, Frederik - 2010

Das steigende mittlere Alter bei Geburt wird in der medizinischen Forschung als wichtiger Risikofaktor für die Gesundheit der Neugeborenen erachtet, die über den Indikator Frühgeburt bestimmt werden kann. Die vorliegende Analyse eines Kollektivs von insgesamt 1391 Geburten von Müttern im...

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Wages and ageing : is there evidence for the "inverse-U profile"?

Myck, Michał (contributor) - 2007

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So far so good : age, happiness, and relative income

FitzRoy, Felix R.; Nolan, Michael A.; Steinhardt, Max … - 2011

In a simple 2-period model of relative income under uncertainty, higher comparison income for the younger cohort can signal higher or lower expected lifetime relative income, and hence either increase or decrease well-being. With data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British...

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Predicting the trend of well-being in Germany : how much do comparisons, adaptation and sociability matter?

Bartolini, Stefano; Bilancini, Ennio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2011

Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate the variation of subjective well-being experienced by Germans over the last two decades testing the role of some of the major correlates of people's well-being. Our results suggest that the variation of Germans' well-being...

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Personality maturation and personality relaxation: differences of the Big Five personality traits in the years around the beginning and ending of working life

Asselmann, Eva; Specht, Jule - 2021

Objective: At work, people are confronted with clear behavioral expectations. In line with the Social Investment Principle, the beginning and ending of working life might thus promote changes in personality traits that are relevant at work (e.g., Conscientiousness). Method: Based on the data...

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The socio-economic module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE) : description, structure, and questionnaire

Böckenhoff, Anke; Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - 2013

The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...

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Older or wealthier? : the impact of age adjustments on the wealth inequality ranking of countries

Almås, Ingvild; Mogstady, Magne - 2009

Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this finding relies on cross-section data, we may confuse older with wealthier. We propose a new method to adjust for age effects in cross-sections, which eliminates transitory...

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Accounting for poverty differences between the United States, Great Britain, and Germany

Biewen, Martin; Jenkins, Stephen - 2002 - This version: 17 July 2002

We propose a framework for comparing the relationship between poverty and personal characteristics across countries (or across years), and use it to compare levels and patterns of relative poverty in the USA, Great Britain and Germany during the 1990s. The higher aggregate poverty rates in the...

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Reducing binge drinking? : the effect of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales on alcohol-related hospital stays in Germany

Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas - 2015

Excessive alcohol consumption among young people is a major public health concern. On March 1, 2010, the German state … hospitalizations during the years 2007-2011 in Germany in order to evaluate the short-term impact of this policy on alcohol …-related hospitalizations. Applying difference-in-differences methods, we find that the policy change reduces alcohol-related hospitalizations …

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