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Income comparisons among neighbours and life satisfaction in East and West Germany

Knies, Gundi - 2010

' income divide the German nation. We find that the neighbourhood income effect for West Germany is negative (which is in line … social interactions between neighbours take place. In contrast, the coefficients on neighbourhood income in East Germany are … there is a divide between East and West Germany, but also that neighbours may not be a relevant comparison group in …

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Gender differences in subjective well-being in and out of management positions

Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010

it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …

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Machen Kinder doch glücklich?

Humpert, Stephan - 2010 - Version: April 2010

weiblichen Erwerbsmustern in Deutschland interpretiert. …

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Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der partiellen Rangdatenanalyse in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung : Untersuchungen zu sozialen Netzwerken und Hilfeleistungen

Pihl, Christian; Pötter, Ulrich - 2010

Demands for care are met not only by professional care services but as well by family members and friends, especially by partners and children. These personal resources are not equally available to everyone. Moreover, there may be differences in preferences when choosing between alternative care...

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Arbeitszufriedenheit und flexible Arbeitszeiten : empirische Analyse mit Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels

Hanglberger, Dominik - 2010

time in Germany. Based on data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP) waves 2005 and 2007 we estimate a fixed … Arbeitszeitformen in Deutschland im Zeitverlauf beschrieben. Auf Basis von Daten der Jahre 2005 und 2007 des Soziooekonomischen Panels …

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Childbearing history, later life health, and mortality in Germany

Hank, Karsten - 2010

's physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas … late motherhood is associated with lower psychological well-being in East Germany. Moreover, among Western German women … "normative" life course track supposedly had adverse effects on women's health in West Germany. …

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Personality and marital surplus

Lundberg, Shelly - 2010

This paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study to examine the relationship between psychological traits, in particular personality, and the formation and dissolution of marital and cohabiting partnerships. Changing patterns of selection into and out of relationships indicate...

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The Protestant ethic and work : micro evidence from contemporary Germany

Spenkuch, Jörg L. - 2010 - This version: November 2010

connection between Protestantism and attitudes toward work. Using micro-data from contemporary Germany, this paper investigates …

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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis

Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...

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Estimating incentive and welfare effects of non-stationary unemployment benefits

Launov, Andrey; Wälde, Klaus - 2010

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits displays a time-varying exit rate. Building on Semi-Markov processes, we translate these exit rates into an expression for the aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation...

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