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Demographic Aging and Employment Dynamics in German Regions : Modeling Regional Heterogeneity
de Graaff, Thomas - 2017
otherwise be missed if a standard approach was adopted. We apply our proposed method to a case-study of Germany where we show …
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The German Labor Market after the Great Recession : Successful Reforms and Future Challenges
Caliendo, Marco - 2012
The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild – especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession – which was favorable for the German economy structure – but also in a series of labor market...
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Do Wealthier Households Save More? The Impact of the Demographic Factor
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between wealth, ageing and saving behaviour of private households by using pooled cross sections of German consumption survey data. Different components of wealth are distinguished, as their impact on the savings rate is not homogeneous. On average, the...
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The Impact of Demographic Change on Human Capital Accumulation
Fertig, Michael - 2009
effect of the relative cohort size on educational attainment of young adults in Germany is analyzed utilizing data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159508
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Ageing, Health and Life Satisfaction of the Oldest Old : An Analysis for Germany
Gwozdz, Wencke - 2009
This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older). We observe a U-shaped relationship between age...
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Testing the Tunnel Effect : Comparison, Age and Happiness in UK and German Panels
Fitzroy, Felix R. - 2013
In contrast to previous results combining all ages we find positive effects of comparison income on happiness for the under 45s, and negative effects for those over 45. In the BHPS these coefficients are several times the magnitude of own income effects. In GSOEP they cancel to give no effect of...
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A Distribution Dynamics Approach to Regional GDP Convergence in Unified Germany
Juessen, Falko - 2009
during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the …
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Does Democracy Foster Trust?
Rainer, Helmut - 2006
trusting attitude than West Germans. This suggests a negative effect of communism in East Germany versus democracy in West … Germany on social and institutional trust. However, the experience of democracy by East Germans since reunification did not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779963
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Reversing Fortunes of German Regions, 1926–2019 : Boon and Bane of Early Industrialization?
Berbée, Paul; Braun, Sebastian Till; Franke, Richard - 2022
This paper shows that 19th-century industrialization is an important determinant of the significant changes in Germany … Germany, we establish that nearly half of them experienced a reversal of fortune between 1926 and 2019, i.e., they moved from … the lower to the upper median of the income distribution or vice versa. Economic decline is concentrated in North Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079408
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Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium : Labor Market Imperfections Matter
de la Croix, David - 2010
This paper re-examines the effects of population aging and pension reforms in an OLG model with labor market frictions. The most important feature brought about by labor market frictions is the connection between the interest rate and the unemployment rate. Exogenous shocks (such as aging)...
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