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Long-run consequences of informal elderly care and implications of public long-term care insurance
Korfhage, Thorben - 2019
In this paper, I estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal care supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053262
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The short-term population health effects of weather and pollution: Implications of climate change
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Schmitt, Maike; Karlsson, Martin - 2014
This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352037
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Retirement, intergenerational time transfers, and fertility
Eibich, Peter; Siedler, Thomas - 2020
retirement affects only the timing of adult children's fertility, without having an effect on total fertility. … transfers can have important implications for family decisions. This paper estimates the effects of parental retirement on adult … children's fertility. We use representative panel data from Germany to link observations on parents and adult children. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227042
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To own or not to own? Household portfolios, demographics and institutions in a cross-national perspective
Sierminska, Eva; Doorley, Karina - 2013
Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach, we show that cohort effects exist in the income profiles of asset and debt portfolios for a sample of European countries, the U.S. and Canada. We find that younger households' participation decisions in assets are more responsive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329613
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What Determines the Duration of Stay of Immigrants in Germany? Evidence from a Longitudinal Duration Analysis
Gundel, Sebastian; Peters, Heiko - 2008
We analyze the return-migration of German immigrants using the latest data of the German Socio- Economic Panel from 1984 to 2006. We conduct a Cox proportional hazard model with years of residence in Germany as waiting time. The analysis reveals that return migration is heavily influenced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600725
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Do Smart Parents Raise Smart Children? The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Abilities
Anger, Silke; Heineck, Guido - 2009
Complementing prior research on income mobility and educational transmission, we provide evidence on the intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Our estimates suggest that individuals' cognitive skills are positively related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600800
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Schenkungen und Erbschaften im Lebenslauf: vergleichende Längsschnittanalysen zu intergenerationalen Transfers
Leopold, Thomas; Schneider, Thorsten - 2009
The research on private financial transfers between generations lacks a longitudinal perspective. Gifts as intergenerational transfers inter vivos allow us to study the importance of life course events for the chances of receiving transfers. In Germany, gifts are highly private and leave more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600877
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Are Recessions Good for Educational Attainment?
Ochsen, Carsten - 2010
In this study, we examine how economic performance during the child-specific primary school phase, during which teachers make recommendations regarding secondary school level, affects the educational level achieved ultimately by these children. Using data for Germany, we find that an economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600927
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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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Population Aging and Individual Attitudes toward Immigration: Disentangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects
Calahorrano, Lena - 2011
into retirement and decrease afterward. Relative to other issues, immigration concerns are found to actually decrease over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601031