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Locus of control and investment in training
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Seitz, Helke; … - 2016
This paper extends standard models of work-related training by explicitly incorporating workers' locus of control into the investment decision. Our model both differentiates between general and specific training and accounts for the role of workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594507
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Duration of Maternity Leave in Germany: A Case Study of Nonparametric Hazard Models and Penalized Splines
Kuhlenkasper, Torben; Kauermann, Göran - 2009
The paper investigates maternity leave behavior in West Germany for females being employed between 1995 and 2006 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The observational study focuses on the investigation of individual and family-related covariate effects on the duration of maternity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600857
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Worker Reallocation across Occupations in Western Germany
Isaoglu, Aysen - 2010
This paper analyzes the determinants of annual worker reallocation across disaggregated occupations in western Germany for the period 1985-2003. Employing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the pattern of average occupational mobility is documented. Worker reallocation is found to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600961
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Risk preferences and training investments
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Obst, Cosima; … - 2020
We analyze workers' risk preferences and training investments. Our conceptual framework differentiates between the investment risk and insurance mechanisms underpinning training decisions. Investment risk leads risk-averse workers to train less; they undertake more training if it insures them...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012320269
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Duration of Maternity Leave in Germany: A Case Study of Nonparametric Hazard Models and Penalized Splines
Kuhlenkasper, Torben; Kauermann, Göran - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
The paper investigates maternity leave behavior in West Germany for females being employed between 1995 and 2006 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The observational study focuses on the investigation of individual and family-related covariate effects on the duration of maternity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017440
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Worker Reallocation across Occupations in Western Germany
Isaoglu, Aysen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
This paper analyzes the determinants of annual worker reallocation across disaggregated occupations in western Germany for the period 1985-2003. Employing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the pattern of average occupational mobility is documented. Worker reallocation is found to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671257
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Income Comparisons among Neighbours and Life Satisfaction in East and West Germany
Knies, Gundi - 2010
A series of studies have suggested that changes in others' income may be perceived differently in post-transition and capitalist societies. This paper draws on the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP) matched with micro-marketing indicators of population characteristics in very tightly drawn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600940
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Gender differences in residential mobility: The case of leaving home in East Germany
Geissler, Ferdinand; Leopold, Thomas; Pink, Sebastian - 2012
This paper investigates gender differences in the spatial mobility of young adults when initially leaving their … Germany move across greater distances than males and whether these differences are explained by the gender gap in education … higher propensity of moving to West Germany. Education does not explain these gender differences. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288722
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Gregariousness, Interactive Jobs and Wages
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Schulz, Nico Johannes - 2011
Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications for labour market outcomes. The paper examines, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601005
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Surfing Alone? The Internet and Social Capital: Evidence from an Unforeseen Technological Mistake
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Wößmann, Ludger - 2011
second exploits a quasi-experiment in East Germany created by a mistaken technology choice of the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601034