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A Socio-Economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010
Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school …, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth … followed by increases in the number of disconnected youth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600933
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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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Educational choice and risk aversion: How important is structural vs. individual risk aversion?
Hartlaub, Vanessa; Schneider, Thorsten - 2012
on data from the youth questionnaire of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) collected in the years 2003 to 2010 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286915
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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 parental home. Using individual data from 11 waves (2000-2010) of the SOEP, we examine whether female home leavers in East Germany move across greater distances than males and whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288722
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Examining the structure of spatial health effects in Germany using Hierarchical Bayes Models
Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013
This paper uses Hierarchical Bayes Models to model and estimate spatial health effects in Germany. We combine rich individual-level household panel data from the German SOEP with administrative county-level data to estimate spatial county-level health dependencies. As dependent variable we use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332143
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and Do Family Background Variables Make Sense as Instruments? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Jörn H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart F.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600971
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Examining the Structure of Spatial Health Effects in Germany Using Hierarchical Bayes Models
Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
This paper uses Hierarchical Bayes Models to model and estimate spatial health effects in Germany. We combine rich individual-level household panel data from the German SOEP with administrative county-level data to estimate spatial county-level health dependencies. As dependent variable we use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896253
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and Do Family Background Variables Make Sense as Instruments?: A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Jörn H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart F.; Thurik, A. Roy - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693473
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How health plan enrollees value prices relative to supplemental benefits and service quality
Bünnings, Christian; Schmitz, Hendrik; Tauchmann, Harald; … - 2015
This paper empirically assesses the relative role of health plan prices, service quality and optional benefits in the decision to choose a health plan. We link representative German SOEP panel data from 2007 to 2010 to (i) health plan service quality indicators, (ii) measures of voluntary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500144
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Demand and selection effects in supplemental health insurance in Germany
Lange, Renate; Schiller, Jörg; Steinorth, Petra - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520585