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Associations of childhood health and financial situation with quality of life after retirement : regional variation across Europe
Börnhorst, Claudia; Heger, Dörte; Mensen, Anne - 2019
relevanten Kovariablen. Fünf europäische Regionen werden untersucht: Mittelwesteuropa (Österreich, Deutschland), Mittelosteuropa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998811
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You don't know what you've got till it's gone! : unemployment and intertemporal changes in self-reported life satisfaction
Klemm, Marcus - 2011
Arbeitslosigkeit und individueller Lebenszufriedenheit. Dafür werden sowohl longitudinale als auch retrospektive Daten zur subjektiven … Lebenszufriedenheit des Deutschen Sozio-ökonomischen Panels aus den Jahren 1984 bis 1987 ausgewertet. Es wird gezeigt, dass Arbeitslose … nicht nur zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Arbeitslosigkeit eine geringere Lebenszufriedenheit angeben, sondern sich später auch gut an …
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Does parenthood make happy people happier? : a lifecycle analysis using panel quantile regression
Samoilova, Evgenia; Vance, Colin - 2015
Drawing on panel data from Germany, this paper analyzes the correlates of happiness, with an eye toward isolating the role of parenthood over the lifecycle. The analysis couples a panel quantile regression with an empirical specification that captures different phases of parenthood, from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299106
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Unemployment as a social norm revisited : novel evidence from German counties
Kunze, Lars; Suppa, Nicolai - 2016
Deutschland untersuchen wir, ob der soziale Normeffekt von Arbeitslosigkeit altersabhängig ist. In der Tat finden wir, dass die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440877
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Consumption smoothing and the welfare cost of uncertainty
Alem, Yonas; Colmer, Jonathan - 2018
Separating the effects of uncertainty from realised events, and identifying the welfare effects of uncertainty, present a number of empirical challenges. Combining individuallevel panel data from rural Ethiopia with high-resolution meteorological data, we introduce a new proxy for income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011945049
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Job characteristics and subjective well-being in Australia : a capability approach perspective
Suppa, Nicolai - 2012
Using the capability approach as conceptual framework, the present study examines empirically the effect of job characteristics on subjective well-being. First, I suggest a measurement model for four latent job characteristics, using a confirmatory factor analysis. Then, I examine the job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009678000
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Does capability deprivation hurt? : evidence from German panel data
Suppa, Nicolai - 2012
gegenwärtiger Lebenszufriedenheit. Auf Basis von deutschen Paneldaten wird sowohl untersucht, ob ein solcher Mangel schmerzt, als … können. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass ein solcher Mangel an Verwirklichungschancen die Lebenszufriedenheit in einer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580077
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Social jealousy and stigma : negative externalities of social assistance payments in Germany
New, Sonja C. de; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2009
This paper examines the role of social assistance payments (SAP or Sozialhilfe) in determining levels of life satisfaction in Germany using the SOEP 1995-2004. We find strong evidence that individuals in Germany are negatively influenced by increased SAP payments controlling for income, whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861413
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Do fewer people mean fewer cars? : population decline and car ownership in Germany
Ritter, Nolan; Vance, Colin - 2012
Haushaltsdaten aus Deutschland. Dabei wird insbesondere der Einfluss der Haushaltsgröße betrachtet. Die Studie kontrolliert für eine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670805
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Ageing by feet? : regional migration, neighbourhood choice and local demographic change in German cities
Neumann, Uwe - 2016
In countries with an ageing population, regional migration may accentuate local progress in demographic change. This paper investigates whether and to what extent diversity in ageing among urban neighbourhoods in Germany was reinforced by regional migration during the past two decades. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574817