Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 1,075
Cover Image
The Mortality Crisis in East Germany
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998
explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262254
Cover Image
Participation Behavior of East German Women after German Unification
Bonin, Holger; Euwals, Rob - 2001
simultaneously explains participation, employment and wages. The model, estimated for East and West Germany on the basis of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262614
Cover Image
Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification
Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael A. - 2002
large shock to the future prospects of the inhabitants of the former East Germany. We therefore take it as a 'natural … and those with children. However, expectations and realizations of life satisfaction in East Germany had converged by 1995 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262741
Cover Image
Does democracy foster trust?
Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 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/10010267922
Cover Image
The Value of Reunification in Germany: An Analysis of Changes in Life Satisfaction
Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael A. - 2002
We quantify the value of changes in life circumstances in Germany following reunification. To this end, we develop and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261522
Cover Image
Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2003
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship. Based on a coherent model of the choice between self-employment and paid employment he shows that having a background in a large number of different roles increases the probability of becoming an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261621
Cover Image
Norm-Based Trade Union Membership: Evidence for Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2003
for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261655
Cover Image
Are Young and Small Firms Hothouses for Nascent Entrepreneurs? Evidence from German Micro Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2004
Using a large recent representative sample of the German population this paper contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by empirically testing the hypothesis that young and small firms are hothouses for nascent entrepreneurs. The empirical estimation takes the rare events nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261762
Cover Image
The optimal timing of school tracking
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo; Ariga, Kenn - 2004
tracking. We calibrate the model for Germany and study how relative demand shifts toward more general skills and changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261767
Cover Image
Unwilling or Unable? : Spatial, Institutional and Socio-Economic Restrictions on Females' Labor Market Access
van Ham, Maarten; Büchel, Felix - 2004
We analyze the effects of regional structures on both females? willingness to work and the probability of being employed for those willing to work. Special permission was granted to link regional data to individual respondents in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Results of a bivariate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261801