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Germany and the United Kingdom. Based on nationally representative longitudinal data, our results show that work …
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Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from … in employment status we found little evidence that the self-employed in Germany and the UK are more rooted in place than …
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Britain and West-Germany, this research also explores how extended leave entitlements for mothers influence the division of …
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improvement "compared to many nations". A comparison of European, Labour Force Surveys show that Germany has reversed early … the UK would react faster than conservative ones like Germany. A review of changes to pensions and employment policies … suggests the UK puts more emphasis on recruitment of older workers, flexible working and gradual retirement while Germany puts …
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in two countries (the UK and Germany using the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey). We …
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sectional data from Germany (GSOEP 2006), UK (BHPS 2005), and Australia (HILDA 2007). We examine whether there is evidence on … Germany, using a differences-in-differences methodology, I find that non-overweight/non-obese individuals are on average 0 …
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national samples from Germany, the UK, and the US, we examine how long this period lasts. In all three nations and across the …
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Previous research into the correlates and determinants of non-response in longitudinal surveys has focused exclusively on why it is that respondents at one survey wave choose not to participate at future waves. This is very understandable if non-response is always an absorbing state, but in many...
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In Sen's Capability Approach (CA) well-being can be defined as the freedom of choice to achieve the things in life which one has reason to value most for his or her personal life. Capabilities are in Sen's vocabulary therefore the real freedoms people have or the opportunities available to them....
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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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