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Exposure to past immigration waves and attitudes toward newcomers
Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - 2022
How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration … of refugees? To answer this question, we investigate attitudes toward newcomers among natives and previous immigrants. In … more likely to believe that refugees are a resource for the economy and the culture, viewing them as an opportunity rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414464
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You Can't Be Happier Than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600904
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She's leaving home: A large sample investigation of the empty nest syndrome
Piper, Alan; Jackson, Ian - 2017
This study considers life satisfaction in relation to the empty nest syndrome, which is a situation where there are feelings of loss or loneliness for mothers and/or fathers following the departure of the last child from the parental home. In particular, the investigation considers the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011665808
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An economic analysis of the empty nest syndrome: What the leaving child does matters
Piper, Alan T. - 2021
This study is an empirical investigation of the empty nest syndrome, commonly understood as a situation where there are feelings of loss or loneliness for mothers and/or fathers following the departure of the last child from the family home. This investigation makes use of rich, longitudinal,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012483866
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You Can't Be Happier Than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474603
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Are retirees more satisfied? - Anticipation and adaptation effects of retirement on subjective well-being: A panel analysis for Germany
Merz, Joachim - 2018
Quality of life and satisfaction with life are of particular importance for individuals as well as for society concerning the "demographic change" with now longer retirement periods. This study will contribute to the life satisfaction discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011912136
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The long-run effects of immigration: Evidence across a barrier to refugee settlement
Ciccone, Antonio; Nimczik, Jan Sebastian - 2022
After the end of World War II in 1945, millions of refugees arrived in what in 1949 became the Federal Republic of … dissolved in 1949. The spatial discontinuity arose because the US zone admitted refugees during the 1945-1949 occupation period … refugees in the former US zone. We estimate that exposure to the arrival of refugees raised income per capita by around 13% and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205392
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Life satisfaction of immigrants: Does cultural assimilation matter?
Angelini, Viola; Casi, Laura; Corazzini, Luca - 2014
We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using the German Socio-Economic Panel, a longitudinal dataset including information on both the economic and non-economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352763
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Life Satisfaction of Immigrants: Does Cultural Assimilation Matter?
Angelini, Viola; Casi, Laura; Corazzini, Luca - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using the German Socio-Economic Panel, a longitudinal dataset including information on both the economic and non-economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896283
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Developing SOEPsurvey and SOEPservice: The (Near) Future of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)
Anger, S.; Frick, F.; Goebel, J.; Grabka, M.; … - 2009
Das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP) ist als multidisziplinäres Haushaltspanel, das Informationen zu allen Personen, die in einem Panel-Haushalt leben, erhebt und damit alle Altersjahrgänge abdeckt, nach 25 Jahren Laufzeit auch zu einer Kohorten- Studie geworden. Der zunehmende Erfolg der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600799