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Income Inequality and Job Satisfaction of Full-Time Employees in Germany

Wunder, Christoph - 2006

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), it is shown that income comparison with persons who are better off has a clear impact on the job satisfaction of West German full-time employees. Two contrary effects can be identified. On the one hand, there is an aversion to...

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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility Among the Children of Canadian Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2007

We analyze the intergenerational income mobility of Canadians born to immigrants using the 2001 Census. A detailed portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of immigrants from 70 countries. The degree of persistence...

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Migration's Income and Poverty Impact has been Underestimated

Schiff, Maurice - 2007

This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing … corrected impact is shown to be three to five times larger for income and two to three times larger for poverty than is obtained … from standard analysis. Second, existing studies examine migration's impact on the poverty of the entire sample. However …

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The Happiness Gains from Sorting and Matching in the Labor Market

Luechinger, Simon - 2006

Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuable skills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match between job characteristics and their preferences. Based on individual data on reported satisfaction with life it is...

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The Effect of Benefits on Single Motherhood in Europe

Gonzalez, Libertad - 2006

of welfare benefits on the incidence of single motherhood and headship among young women across European countries. The …

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The Effect of Pensions on Longevity : Evidence from Union Army Veterans

Salm, Martin - 2007

This study uses changes in pension laws for Union Army veterans as a natural experiment to estimate the causal effect of pensions on longevity, and to examine potential pathways underlying such a relationship. We examine the effects of the pension laws of 1907 and 1912, which granted old-age...

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Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life

van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2006

We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on...

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Shattered Dreams : The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game

de Grip, Andries - 2009

This paper assesses the impact of a dramatic reform of the Dutch pension system on mental health, savings behavior and retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that public sector workers born on January 1, 1950 or later face a substantial reduction in their...

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Wealth and Asset Holdings of Immigrants in Germany

Sinning, Mathias - 2008

This paper examines the relative wealth position and the portfolio choices of immigrants in Germany. The empirical findings reveal significant differences in overall wealth and various wealth components between German natives and immigrants. Differences in real estate constitute the major part...

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Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in Urban China

Meng, Xin - 2007

. Reform has also reduced social protections provided by the state welfare system. In response to these changes, between 1995 …

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