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Migrant's pursuit of happiness : the impact of adaption, social comparison and relative deprivation ; evidence from a "natural" experiment

Melzer, Silvia Maja; Muffels, Ruud J. A. - 2012

migration are affected by the way migrants adapt to their new economic conditions, by with whom migrants compare themselves … migration on SWB, although it is strongly suppressed by dissatisfaction resulting from the comparison of migrants' income with …

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The impact of social support networks on maternal employment : a comparison of West German, East German and migrant mothers of pre-school children

Wagner, Mareike - 2012

Given shortages in public child care in Germany, this paper asks whether social support with child care and domestic work by spouses, kin and friends can facilitate mothers' return to full-time or part-time positions within the first six years after birth. Using SOEP data from 1993-2009 and...

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Entrepreneurship and creative professions : a micro-level analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self-employment in creative professions at the level of individuals....

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Worker personality : another skill bias beyond education in the digital age

Bode, Eckhardt; Brunow, Stephan; Ott, Ingrid; Sorgner, Alina - 2016

We present empirical evidence suggesting that technological progress in the digital age will be biased not only with respect to skills acquired through education but also with respect to noncognitive skills (personality). We measure the direction of technological change by estimated future...

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Do women in highly qualified positions face higher work-to-family conflicts in Germany than men?

Busch-Heizmann, Anne; Holst, Elke - 2017

Changing employment conditions lead to new chances, but also new risks for employees. In the literature, increasing permeability between occupational and private life is discussed as one special outcome of this development that employees must face, especially those in highly qualified positions....

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Minimum wage in Germany : countering the wage and employment gap between migrants and natives?

Ingwersen, Kai; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2022 - This version: December 30, 2022

employment of migrants. Migrants are an overrepresented group in the low-wage sector and can be expected to particularly benefit … wage has weakened the position of migrants in the low-wage sector compared to their native counterparts. We observe an … among migrants. The introduction of the minimum wage caused a temporary convergence in hourly wages between migrants and …

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The economic impact of social ties : evidence from German reunification

Burchardi, Konrad B.; Hassan, Tarek A. - 2011

We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent...

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Surfing alone? : the Internet and social capital ; evidence from an unforeseeable technological mistake

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011

Does the Internet undermine social capital or facilitate inter-personal and civic engagement in the real world? Merging unique telecommunication data with geo-coded German individual-level data, we investigate how broadband Internet affects several dimensions of social capital. One...

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The double German transformation : changing male employment patterns in East and West Germany

Simonson, Julia; Romeu Gordo, Laura; Kelle, Nadiya - 2011

Before the 90s, men's employment careers in East and West Germany were quite similar, despite their widely differing institutional settings. Before reunification, employment biographies were mainly dominated by full-time employment in both East and West. After 1989 the GDR was incorporated into...

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Overeducation among graduates : an overlooked facet of the gender pay gap? ; evidence from East and West Germany

Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian - 2014

Germany's occupational and sectoral change towards a knowledge-based economy calls for high returns to education. Nevertheless, female graduates are paid much less than their male counterparts. We wonder whether overeducation affects sexes differently and whether this might answer for part of...

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