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How natural disasters can affect environmental concerns, risk aversion, and even politics : evidence from Fukushima and three European countries
Goebel, Jan; Krekel, Christian; Tiefenbach, Tim; … - 2015
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on environmental concerns, well-being, risk aversion, and political preferences in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. In these countries, overall life satisfaction did not significantly decrease, but the disaster significantly increased environmental...
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How the distribution of after-tax income changed over the 1990s business cycle : a comparison of the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Oshio, Takashi; Rovba, Ludmila - 2007
Japan experienced less growth, a rise in inequality and a decline in the middle mass of their distributions that spread … Germany and Japan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630079
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Natural disaster, policy action, and mental well-being : the case of Fukushima
Goebel, Jan; Krekel, Christian; Tiefenbach, Tim; … - 2013
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on people's mental well·being in another industrialized country, more than 5000 miles distant. The meltdown significantly increased environmental concerns by 20% among the German population. Subsequent drastic policy action permanently shut down the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010197408
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Delay in marriage and income inequality in Japan : the impact of the increased number of unmarried adults living with their parents on the household economy
Shirahase, Sawako - 2009
The continuous decline in the fertility rate has been witnessed since 1980 in Japan. Japan's total fertility rate in … relation to the household, we will examine the economic disparities of unmarried adults living with their parents in Japan in ….K., U.S., and Taiwan, compared with Japan. The paper consists of twoparts. First, I will examine economic disparities among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635099
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Does a better job match makes women happier? : work orientations, work-care choices and subjective well-being in Germany
Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Kemperman, Bauke - 2011
The study examines the effects of work orientations and work-leisure choices alongside the effect of genes or personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women's preferred and actual number of working hours indicating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008858153
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Sind Indikatoren zur Lebensqualität und zur Lebenszufriedenheit als politische Zielgrößen sinnvoll?
Huschka, Denis; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010 - Umfangreich erw. Fassung
We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...
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Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland : Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators
Suntum, Ulrich van; Prinz, Aloys; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008858404
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Choices which change life satisfaction : similar results for Australia, Britain and Germany
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2011
Using data from national socio-economic panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany, this paper analyzes the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that, in all three countries, preferences and choices relating to life goals/values,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008859059
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants in Germany
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2010
Studies that investigate the effect of the regional ethnic composition on immigrant outcomes have been complicated by the self-selection of ethnic minorities into specific neighbourhoods. We analyse the impact of own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants by exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824259
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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
We analyze the impact of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and process-produced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824262