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

Myck, Michał (contributor) - 2007

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003577477

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009389096

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009389112

Heterogeneity in the relationship between happiness and age : evidence from the German socio-economic panel

Baetschmann, Gregori - 2012

This paper studies the evolution of life satisfaction over the life course in Germany. It clarifies the causal interpretation of the econometric model by discussing the choice of control variables and the underidentification between age, cohort and time effects. The empirical part analyzes the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009614021

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012643683

Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age U-shape in human wellbeing

Schwandt, Hannes - 2013

A large literature in behavioral and social sciences has found that human wellbeing follows a U-shape over age. Some theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially abandoned and experienced with less regret during old...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128253

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635021

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437003

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467098