Germany is one of the few OECD countries with a two-tier system of statutory and primary private health insurance. Both … induce demand primarily among the privately insured. Using German SOEP 2002 data, I analyze the effects of insurance status … statutorily insured. These findings give indirect evidence for the hypothesis that physicians induce demand among privately …

This paper empirically assesses the selection effects and determinants of the demand for supple-mental health insurance … that covers hospital and dental benefits in Germany. Our representative dataset provides doctor-diagnosed indicators of the … individual's health status, risk attitude, demand for medical services and insurance purchases in other lines of insurance as …

In 2001, the voluntary additional Riester pension scheme was implemented in Germany. Financial subsidies should … mainly replace existing not subsidized savings and that supplier induced demand is an important factor. Using data from the …

immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant increases in immigration in recent years. This study uses … individuals, both on arrival and over time. While immigrants to Germany, but not the UK, are more likely to self-report poor …

determine the price elasticity of demand for health care. A latent class approach that takes into account the panel structure of … increases the number of doctor visits. However, altogether the effects of the insurance state on the demand for doctor visits …

The affordability of housing has become a major topic of discussion in Germany among both social scientists and the …

music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries …

Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working …

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 …

-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that …