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Choices which change life satisfaction : revising SWB theory to account for change
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010
Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003971047
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Does intermarriage pay off? : A panel data analysis
Nottmeyer, Olga - 2010
Taking advantage of the panel structure of the data, the impact of intermarriage on labor market productivity as measured by earnings is examined. Contrarily to previous studies which rely on instrumental variable techniques, selection issues are addressed within a fixed effects framework. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009261313
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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
In Germany the foreign born population is made up of foreigners and so called "ethnic Germans" who migrated from … eastern European countries to Germany. While the first group is confronted with problems arising from the typical German …. About one half of the immigrants who entered Germany since 1984 are ethnic Germans. Thus, any analysis of the living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433832
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Job flows, demographics and the Great Recession
Sierminska, Eva; Takhtamanova, Yelena - 2010
The recession the United States economy entered in December of 2007 is considered to be the most severe downturn the country has experienced since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate reached as high as 10.1 percent in October 2009 - the highest we have seen since the 1982 recession. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009261372
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The weight of the crisis : evidence from newborns in Argentina
Bozzoli, Carlos; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2010
Argentina hit world news headlines in 2002 due to the largest debt-default in history and a sudden economic collapse reminiscent of economic statistics from the Great Depression. In this article, we focus on other consequences of the crisis that are not so obvious, but that may linger for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009262085
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Mother's autonomy and child welfare : a new measure and some new evidence
Chakraborty, Tanika; De, Prabal K. - 2011
We construct a new, direct measure of female autonomy in household decision-making by creating an index from the principal components of a variety of household variables on which mother of a child takes decision. We then examine its impacts on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308908
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Options for transporting Russian gas to Western Europe : a game-theoretic simulation analysis
Chollet, Andreas; Meinhart, Berit; Hirschhausen, … - 2001
transiting countries, namely Ukraine and Belarus. The development of a new transit corridor through Belarus (the Yamal … analysis of the strategies that Ukraine and Belarus may pursue in transiting Russian gas: non-cooperative duopoly, cooperative … Russia, we estimate prices and quantities for gas transit, the expected profits for Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435015
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Would a flat tax stimulate entrepreneurship in Germany? : a behavioural microsimulation analysis allowing for risk
Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2008
-employment in Germany. For the estimation I apply a microsimulation model which is based on the tax-benefit model STSM and on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725962
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Bringing home the money : xenophobia and remittances ; the case of Germany
Holst, Elke (contributor); Schäfer, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2008
The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of individuals with a personal migration background. Major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725980
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What drives the productive efficiency of a firm? : the importance of industry, location, R&D, and size
Badunenko, Oleg (contributor); Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725990