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Poverty is a public bad : panel evidence from subjective well-being data

Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2016

. Using panel data for 39,239 individuals living in Germany from 2005-2013, we show that people’s SWB is negatively correlated …

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The nature and extent of job separations in Germany : some new evidence from SOEP

Haile, Getinet Astatike - 2009

This paper analyses job separations in Germany using data from the German Socio- Economic Panel spanning from 1984 to … of job separations in Germany. It brings to light some patterns of separations that have hitherto been unexplored. The …, particularly in the event of exogenous shocks. Targeting minorities in the face of a major shock of the sort experienced in Germany …

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Measurement of health, the sensitivity of the concentration index, and reporting heterogeneity

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009

Using representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for 2006, we show that the magnitude of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure. The highest degree of inequality is found when...

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"Do I really need to go to rehab? I'd say no, no, no." : estimating price elasticities of convalescent care programs

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009

treatment at health spas. In Germany, the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) covers both forms of therapy if administered in …

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Duration of maternity leave in Germany : a case study of nonparametric hazard models and penalized splines

Kuhlenkasper, Torben; Kauermann, Göran - 2009

The paper investigates maternity leave behavior in West Germany for females being employed between 1995 and 2006 using …

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Life satisfaction and relative income : perceptions and evidence

Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009

Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...

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Time and income poverty : an interdependent multidimensional poverty approach with German time use diary data

Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - 2009

multinomial logit based on time use diary data of the German Time Use Study 2001/02. One striking result for Germany: the …

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The effect of lone motherhood on the smoking behaviour of young adults

Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen; Siedler, Thomas - 2009

in Germany. …

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Reversing the question : does happiness affect consumption and savings behavior?

Guven, Cahit - 2009

I examine the impact of happiness on consumption and savings behavior using data from the DNB Household Survey from the Netherlands and the German Socio-Economic Panel. Instrumenting individual happiness with regional sunshine, the results suggest that happier people save more, spend less, and...

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Labour supply and commuting

Gutiérrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva; Ommeren, Jos van - 2009

issues empirically using the socio-economic panel data for Germany between 1997 and 2007. Endogeneity of commuting distance …

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