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with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …
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Background: This study investigates possible mechanisms that can explain the association between unemployment and … smoking, that is a) unemployment increases smoking probability (causation), b) smoking increases the probability to become … unemployed (selection), and c) differences in both smoking and unemployment probabilities trace back to differences in socio …
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Using German panel data, we assess the causal effect of job loss, and thus of an extensive income shock, on risk attitude. In line with predictions of expected utility reasoning about absolute risk aversion, losing one’s job reduces the willingness to take risks. This effect strengthens in...
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Although unemployment likely entails various externalities, research examining its spillover effects on spouses is … scarce. This is the first paper to estimate effects of unemployment on the smoking behavior of both spouses. Using German …-double-selection method for control-variable selection via Lasso regressions. One spouse's unemployment increases both spouses' smoking …
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correlation of unemployment and subjective life satisfaction. It is found that unemployed individuals do not only report … significantly lower concurrent satisfaction, but also recall reduced satisfaction from past unemployment well, and retrospectively … upgrade their past satisfaction scores. Therefore, the short-term negative effects of unemployment on individual life …
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By using longitudinal data the relation between satisfaction with life and unemployment is analyzed in this study. Data … the effects of voluntary and involuntary unemployment on life satisfaction. (2) Moreover, the intent is to answer the …In dieser Arbeit wird die Beziehung zwischen Lebenszufriedenheit und Arbeitslosigkeit im Längsschnitt untersucht. Die …
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, even the probability of returning from unemployment to employment can increase. Gender-specific differences are discussed. … man von einer Arbeitslosigkeit zurück in die Vollerwerbstätigkeit gelangt. Diskrepanzen zwischen den Geschlechtern werden …
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Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that paternal unemployment has a … longitudinal value-added models for personality suggest that paternal unemployment makes children significantly more conscientious …
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unemployment when taking place in industries characterized by low skilled wage rigidity. Thus, in terms of unemployment, not …
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This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly,...
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