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Multidimensional Well-Being at the Top: Evidence for Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011

This paper employs a multidimensional approach for the measurement of well-being at the top of the distribution using German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material well-being, we include health as a proxy for nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported...

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Soziale Unterschiede in der Lebenserwartung : Möglichkeiten auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels

Kroll, Lars Eric; Lampert, Thomas - 2008

This paper describes the potential of analysing socio-economic inequalities in life expectancy using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP). It includes a short review on available data sources and recent evidence on inequalities in life expectancy for Germany. Subsequently the...

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Time poverty and gender in urban sub-Saharan Africa : long working days and long commutes in Ghana's Greater Accra Metropolitan Area

Carmichael, Fiona; Darko, Christian K.; Daley, Patricia; … - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 36 (2024) 1, pp. 343-364

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Endogeneity in the relation between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction

Hajek, André - 2013

This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of … life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational … from 1998-2009 is examined. This study has two main goals: (1) To contribute to the interconnection between poverty, wealth …

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Articulating global prescriptions for health with local conceptions of well-being and risk : the case of physical activity and the World Health Organisation

Brangan, Emer - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 25 (2013) 6, pp. 866-879

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Job insecurity, employability, and health : an analysis for Germany across generations

Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014

In this paper, we use 12 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to examine the relationship between job insecurity, employability and health-related well-being. Our results indicate that being unemployed has a strong negative effect on life satisfaction and health. They also, however,...

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Physical and mental health changes in the five years before and five years after childbirth: a population-based panel study in first-time mothers and fathers from Germany

Asselmann, Eva; Garthus-Niegel, Susan; Knappe, Susanne; … - 2022

Background: The transition to parenthood is characterized by far-reaching changes in life. However, little prospective-longitudinal evidence from general population samples exists on changes of general physical and mental health in the years around the birth of a child among mothers and fathers....

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Individual labor market effects of local public expenditures on sports

Pawlowski, Tim; Steckenleiter, Carina; Wallrafen, Tim; … - 2019 - This draft: May 2019

By merging administrative data on public finances of all municipalities in Germany with individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we explore whether local public expenditures on sports facilities influences individual labor market outcomes. Our identification strategy follows a...

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Television, health, and happiness: a natural experiment in West Germany

Chadi, Adrian; Hoffmann, Manuel - 2021

Watching television is the most time-consuming human activity besides work but its role for individual well-being is unclear. Negative consequences portrayed in the literature raise the question whether this popular pastime constitutes an economic good or bad, and hence serves as a prime example...

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Are senior entrepreneurs happier than who? : the role of income and health

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2023

We propose an extension of the standard occupational choice model to analyze the life satisfaction of senior entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status as main factors that shape the relationship between...

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