Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 94
Cover Image
Who gets vaccinated? : cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of individual behavior in pandemics
Andor, Mark Andreas; Bauer, Thomas K.; Eßer, Jana; … - 2023
’ willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data … willingness to get vaccinated, but these results are less pronounced and less robust. Our results indicate that vaccination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014227029
Cover Image
Does the burglar also disturb the neighbor? : crime spillovers on individual well-being
Avdic, Daniel; Bünnings, Christian - 2015
Indirect psychological effects induced by crime are likely to contribute significantly to the total costs of crime beyond the financial costs of direct victimization. Using detailed crime statistics for the whole of Germany and linking them to individual-level mental health information from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474230
Cover Image
The relationship between nurse staffing levels and objective and subjective quality of care : a panel data approach for Germany
Augurzky, Boris; Bünnings, Christian; Wübker, Ansgar - 2017
In this study we investigate the relationship between nursing staffing levels and hospital quality in Germany. We use administrative data from almost all German hospitals from 2002 to 2013 and link it to mortality rates and patient satisfaction measures. To analyze the association between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764538
Cover Image
Prudence and prevention : empirical evidence
Mayrhofer, Thomas; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2020
invest less in self-protection as measured by influenza vaccination. This result is driven by high risk individuals such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270623
Cover Image
The effect of compulsory schooling on vaccination against COVID and Influenza
Monsees, Daniel; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2023
We study the effect of education on vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza in Germany and Europe. Our … individuals between 59 and 91 years of age. We find no significant effect of an additional year of schooling on vaccination status … additional schooling increases fear of side effects from COVID vaccination. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014240263
Cover Image
Labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants : how heterogeneous are they really?
Schurer, Stefanie (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008
The second and third generation of immigrants have been the centre of a lively debate about the economic integration of immigrants into their host societies, but there is little empirical evidence on the German case. In this study I comprehensively portray the labour market outcomes of second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740243
Cover Image
Endogeneity in panel data models with time-varying and time-fixed regressors : to IV or not IV?
Mitze, Timo (contributor) - 2009
We analyse the problem of parameter inconsistency in panel data econometrics due to the correlation of exogenous variables with the error term. A common solution in this setting is to use Instrumental-Variable (IV) estimation in the spirit of Hausman-Taylor (1981). However, some potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811776
Cover Image
Does government ideology matter in monetary policy? : a panel data analysis for OECD countries
Belke, Ansgar; Potrafke, Niklas - 2009
This paper examines the effect of government ideology on monetary policy in a quarterly data set of 15 OECD countries in the period 1980.1-2005.4. Our Taylor-rule specification focuses on the interactions of a new time-variant indicator for central bank independence and government ideology. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824728
Cover Image
Demographic change and the labour share of income
Schmidt, Torsten; Vosen, Simeon - 2010
Despite similar levels of per capita income, education, and technology the development of labour shares in OECD countries has displayed different patterns since 1960. The paper examines the role of demography in this regard. Employing an overlapping generations model we first examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929142
Cover Image
Does cluster policy trigger R&D activity? : evidence from German biotech contests
Engel, Dirk; Mitze, Timo; Patuelli, Roberto; Reinkowsk, … - 2012
This paper evaluates the R&D enhancing effects of two large public grant schemes for the German biotechnology industry (BioRegio, BioProfile). Both grant schemes are organized in the form of contents for cooperation with the goal to foster the performance of innovative firms by their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579437