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Exemplarische Integration raumrelevanter Indikatoren auf Basis von "Fernerkundungsdaten“ in das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP)
Goebel, Jan; Wagner, Gert G.; Wurm, Michael - 2010
Der Beitrag zeigt räumliche Auswertungsmethoden durch die Einbindung von raumrelevanten Indikatoren aus Fernerkundungsdaten in die Daten der Längsschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) auf Basis von Geo- Koordinaten. Durch die Verortung von Privathaushalten (ohne Darstellung der...
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Offshoring, tasks, and the skill-wage pattern
Baumgarten, Daniel; Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be offshored. Our analysis relates to recent theoretical contributions arguing that there is only a loose relationship between the suitability of a task for offshoring and the...
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Mehr Angst vor Arbeitsplatzverlust seit Hartz? : langfristige Entwicklung der Beschäftigungsunsicherheit in Deutschland
Erlinghagen, Marcel - 2010
empfundene Angst vor dem Verlust des Arbeitsplatzes seit Mitteder 1980er Jahre in Deutschland verändert hat. Dabei zeigt sich …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825080
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Profit sharing and reciprocity : theory and survey evidence
Cornelißen, Thomas; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2010
The 1/n problem potentially limits the effectiveness of profit sharing in motivating workers. While the economic literature suggests that reciprocity can mitigate this problem, it remains silent on the optimal degree of reciprocity. We present a representative model demonstrating that...
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Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der partiellen Rangdatenanalyse in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung : Untersuchungen zu sozialen Netzwerken und Hilfeleistungen
Pihl, Christian; Pötter, Ulrich - 2010
Demands for care are met not only by professional care services but as well by family members and friends, especially by partners and children. These personal resources are not equally available to everyone. Moreover, there may be differences in preferences when choosing between alternative care...
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Childbearing history, later life health, and mortality in Germany
Hank, Karsten - 2010
's physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas … late motherhood is associated with lower psychological well-being in East Germany. Moreover, among Western German women … "normative" life course track supposedly had adverse effects on women's health in West Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825927
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Personality and marital surplus
Lundberg, Shelly - 2010
This paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study to examine the relationship between psychological traits, in particular personality, and the formation and dissolution of marital and cohabiting partnerships. Changing patterns of selection into and out of relationships indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825928
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The Protestant ethic and work : micro evidence from contemporary Germany
Spenkuch, Jörg L. - 2010 - This version: November 2010
connection between Protestantism and attitudes toward work. Using micro-data from contemporary Germany, this paper investigates …
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The benefits of believing in chance or fate : external locus of control as a protective factor for coping with the death of a spouse
Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan Christian - 2010 - Former version
The death of a spouse is an extremely stressful life event that consequently causes a large drop in life satisfaction. Reactivity to the loss, however, varies markedly, a phenomenon that is currently not well understood. Because lack of controllability essentially contributes to the stressful...
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On the equivalence of common approaches to cross sectional weights in household panel surveys
Schonlau, Matthias; Kroh, Martin - 2010
The computation of cross sectional weights in household panels is challenging because household compositions change over time. Sampling probabilities of new household entrants are generally not known and assigning them zero weight is not satisfying. Two common approaches to cross sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826433