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Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age U-shape in human wellbeing
Schwandt, Hannes - 2013
theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially … abandoned and experienced with less regret during old age. In a unique panel of 132,609 life satisfaction expectations matched … support theories that unmet expectations drive the age U-shape in wellbeing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322355
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Unmet Aspirations as an Explanation for the Age U-Shape in Human Wellbeing
Schwandt, Hannes - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially … abandoned and experienced with less regret during old age. In a unique panel of 132,609 life satisfaction expectations matched … support theories that unmet expectations drive the age U-shape in wellbeing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896287
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Life-cycle incidence of family policy measures in Germany: Evidence from a dynamic microsimulation model
Bonin, Holger; Reuss, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - 2015
This paper quantifies the life-cycle incidence of key family policy measures in Germany. The analysis is based on a novel dynamic microsimulation model that combines simulated family life-cycles for a base population from the 2009 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301387
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Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis
Clark, Andrew E.; Diener, Ed; Georgellis, Yannis; … - 2008
We look for evidence of habituation in twenty waves of German panel data: do individuals, after life and labour market events, tend to return to some baseline level of well-being? Although the strongest life satisfaction effect is often at the time of the event, we find significant lag and lead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600730
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The Bigger the Children, the Bigger the Worries: Are Preschoolers and Adolescents Affected Differently by Family Instability with Regard to Non-cognitive Skills?
Peter, Frauke H.; Spiess, C. Katharina - 2011
Substantial research on the relationship between family structures and child outcomes represents a considerable part of the literature. However, family structure provides a rather static view of the relationship of children's living arrangements and their well-being, revealing hardly anything...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601009
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Effects of early childhood intervention on fertility and maternal employment: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial
Sandner, Malte - 2015
This paper presents the results of a randomized study of a home visiting program implemented in Germany for low-income, first-time mothers. A major goal of the program is to improve the participants' economic self-sufficiency and family planning. I use administrative data from the German social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439786
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Parental separation and the formation of economic preferences
Dahmann, Sarah Christina; Kettlewell, Nathan; Lam, Jack - 2022
We estimate the effect of parental separation on the risk and trust attitudes of German adolescents using a large household survey dataset, which allows us to match respondents to their siblings and parents. Our results indicate that adolescents from separated families are less trusting but have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164141
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Less alimony after divorce: Spouses' behavioral response to the 2008 alimony reform in Germany
Bredtmann, Julia; Vonnahme, Christina - 2017
' behavioral responses to the reform. The results do not confirm theoretical expectations from labor supply and household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763763
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Parental investment and the intergenerational transmission of economic preferences and attitudes
Zumbuehl, Maria; Dohmen, Thomas; Pfann, Gerard - 2013
We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economic preferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317556
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What makes single mothers expand or reduce employment?
Hancioglu, Mine; Hartmann, Bastian - 2012
To explore single mothers' labor market participation we analyze specific circumstances and dynamics in their life courses. We focus on the question which individual and institutional factors determine both professional advancement and professional descent. Due to dynamics in women's life course...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282638