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Health effects on children's willingness to compete
Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Schunk, Daniel - 2011
The formation of human capital is important for a society's welfare and economic success. Recent literature shows that child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different socio-economic groups. While this literature focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154501
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Trust we lost : the impact of the Treuhand experience on political alienation in East Germany
Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2022 - This version: October 2022
, formerly state-owned socialist firms in East Germany were privatized by the Treuhand, which came at the cost of massive job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013407339
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Screening, competition, and job design : economic origins of good jobs
Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2010
-sharing, screening opportunities, and competition are important driving forces behind these new forms of work organization. We document … competition substantially fosters the trust strategy, reduces market segmentation, and leads to large welfare gains for both …
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The micro-foundation of party competition and issue ownership : the reciprocal effects of citizens' issue salience and party attachments
Neundorf, Anja; Adams, James F. - 2014
citizens' issue positions, political competition revolves equally around issue salience, i.e., debates over which issue areas … political parties should prioritize. Using multi-wave panel data from Germany and Great Britain, we analyze the reciprocal …
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Evolution and determinants of rent burdens in Germany
Backhaus, Teresa; Gebers, Kathrin; Schröder, Carsten - 2015
The affordability of housing has become a major topic of discussion in Germany among both social scientists and the …
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How a universal music education program affects time use, behavior, and school attitude
Hille, Adrian - 2015
music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441643
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Working-time mismatch and mental health
Otterbach, Steffen; Wooden, Mark; Fok, Yin King - 2016
Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482630
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Non-take-up of student financial help : a microsimulation for Germany
Herber, Stefanie P.; Kalinowski, Michael - 2016
entitlements and sheds light on determinants of this behavior. Against the background that educational mobility in Germany is low … former socialist East Germany choose to take up student aid than similar West German students. Finally, in line with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482632
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Intergenerational correlations of extreme right-wing party preferences and attitudes toward immigration
Avdeenko, Alexandra; Siedler, Thomas - 2016
-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482633
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Econometric analysis of ratings : with an application to health and wellbeing
Studer, Raphael; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2016
We propose a new non-linear regression model for rating dependent variables. The rating scale model accounts for the upper and lower bounds of ratings. Parametric and semi-parametric estimation is discussed. An application investigates the relationship between stated health satisfaction and...
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