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The influence of personality traits on private retirement savings in Germany
Schäfer, Konrad C. - 2016
This paper analyzes private retirement savings, the amount for German individuals and how these savings are influenced by personality traits. With the 2002 to 2009 cross section of the Socio-Economic Panel for Germany (SOEP), it is investigated how the Big-Five and the Locus of Control influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541185
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The impact on earnings when entering self-employment: Evidence for Germany
Martin, Johannes - 2013
Using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) earnings differentials between self-employed and wage-employed workers in the German labor market are explored. Previous research based on US data reports lower incomes for entrepreneurs. In contrast to that, the findings of this contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291575
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The Impact on Earnings When Entering Self-Employment: Evidence for Germany
Martin, Johannes - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) earnings differentials between self-employed and wage-employed workers in the German labor market are explored. Previous research based on US data reports lower incomes for entrepreneurs. In contrast to that, the findings of this contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735265
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Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages
Piatek, Rémi; Pinger, Pia - 2010
comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600980
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Assessing Intergenerational Earnings Persistence among German Workers
Eisenhauer, Philipp; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2008
In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2006. Our preferred point estimate indicates an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600779
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Assessing Intergenerational Earnings Persistence among German Workers
Eisenhauer, Philipp; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2006. Our preferred point estimate indicates an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018704
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Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty
Caliendo, Marco; Gehrsitz, Markus - 2014
OLS specifications, which have been the main approaches in previous studies. Women's wages and employment probabilities do … lower wages because they lack the muscular strength required in such occupations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334233
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In Vino Pecunia? The Association between Beverage-Specific Drinking Behavior and Wages
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature …-specific drinking behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for … different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600739
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The Returns to Cognitive Abilities and Personality Traits in Germany
Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - 2008
' wages only. Findings for personality traits are more heterogeneous. There however is a robust wage penalty for an external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600769
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Starting Your Career with a Temporary Job: Stepping Stone or "Dead-End"?
Pavlopoulos, Dimitris - 2009
This paper uses panel data from the UK (BHPS) and Germany (GSOEP) to investigate the wage effect of entering the labour market with a temporary job. Further than the previous literature that studied the effect of the contract type on wage dynamics in the explained part of a wage regression, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600871