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Does religion influence the labour supply of married women in Germany?
Heineck, Guido - 2002
On behavioural theory basis, this article analyses whether religion influences married women in Germany in their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435981
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The determinants of church attendance and religious human capital in Germany : evidence from panel data
Heineck, Guido - 2001
This paper explores determinants of church attendance and the formation of 'religious human capital' in Germany within a Becker-style allocation-of-time framework. The analysis is based on data derived from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Taking advantage of the longitudinal structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435639
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Does government ideology matter in monetary policy? : a panel data analysis for OECD countries
Belke, Ansgar; Potrafke, Niklas - 2011
This paper examines whether government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries. We use quarterly data … time-variant index of central bank independence with government ideology. The results show that leftist governments have … policy to conservative central bankers. -- Monetary policy ; Taylor rule ; government ideology ; partisan politics ; central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580361
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Top-down vs. bottom-up: the long-term impact of government ideology and personal experience on values
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2013
capitalist and a communist sector. We deliberately chose attitudes toward doping to test the impact of ideology on values since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723922
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Long-term absenteeism and moral hazard : evidence from a natural experiment
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009
Sick leave payments represent a significant portion of public health expenditures and labor costs. Reductions in replacement levels are a commonly used instrument to tackle moral hazard and to increase the efficiency of the health insurance market. In Germany's Statutory Health Insurance (SHI)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832840
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Maternal employment and happiness : the effect of non-participation and part-time employment on mothers' life satisfaction
Berger, Eva M. - 2009
In contrast to unemployment, the effect of non-participation and parttime employment on subjective well-being has much less frequently been the subject of economists' investigations. In Germany, many women with dependent children are involuntarily out of the labor force or in part-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832930
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"Do I really need to go to rehab? I'd say no, no, no." : estimating price elasticities of convalescent care programs
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009
This study is the first to estimate the price elasticities of demand for both medical rehabilitation programs and treatment at health spas. In Germany, the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) covers both forms of therapy if administered in authorized medical facilities on referral from a physician....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863063
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A structural approach to estimating the effect of taxation on the labor market dynamics of older workers
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2009
We estimate a dynamic structural life-cycle model of employment, non-employment and retirement that includes endogenous accumulation of human capital and intertemporal non- separabilities in preferences. Additionally, the model accounts for the effect of the tax and transfer system on work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824120
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Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility? : evidence from a structural model
Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2009
In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003889513
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The impact of international migration and remittances on the labor-supply behavior of those left behind : evidence from Egypt
Binzel, Christine; Asʿad, Rāǧī - 2009
We analyze in this paper the impact of male-dominated migration and remittance income on the participation and hours worked decisions of adults left behind, including the hours spent by women in subsistence and domestic work. We differentiate between a 'pure' migration ("M") effect and the joint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905562