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Instrumental variable estimation of the causal effect of hunger early in life on health later in life
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Pinger, Pia R.; Schoch, Johannes - 2012
Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably provide exogenous variation in the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308274
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Instrumental variable estimation of the causal effect of hunger early in life on health later in life
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Pinger, Pia R.; Schoch, Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably provide exogenous variation in the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957661
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Long-run consequences of informal elderly care and implications of public long-term care insurance
Korfhage, Thorben; Fischer-Weckemann, Björn - 2023
We estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal care supply, incorporating labor market frictions and the German tax and benefit system. We find that in the absence of Germany's public long-term insurance scheme, informal elderly care has adverse and persistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014334251
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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform
Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2008
We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment Assistance with an income maintenance program and stronger means testing. We model the tax-benefit system and use the Socio-Economic Panel. We estimate a discrete labour supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297991
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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform
Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment Assistance with an income maintenance program and stronger means testing. We model the tax-benefit system and use the Socio-Economic Panel. We estimate a discrete labour supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098104
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Demographic change and regional labour markets
Böhm, Michael; Gregory, Terry; Qendrai, Pamela; … - 2020
Like many other countries, Germany has experienced rapid population and workforce ageing, yet with substantial … supply effects of ageing on regional labour market outcomes, drawing on the identification strategy of Böhm and Siegel (2020 … age rises. A decomposition of the heterogeneous regional trends using our estimates shows that ageing of rural regions is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012315248
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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers: An Analysis Based on Individual Data
Schleife, Katrin - 2004
This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment status, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for the years 1997 and 2001. In line with previous research on the diffusion of new technologies, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297386
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Reduction in the Long-Term Unemployment of the Elderly: A Success Story from Finland
Kyyrä, Tomi; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2004
In Finland the elderly unemployed are allowed to collect unemployment benefits up to the age of 60, when they can retire via a particular unemployment pension. In 1997 the eligibility age of persons benefiting from this scheme was raised from 53 to 55. We consider changes in the risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297387
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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers: An analysis Based on Individual Data
Schleife, Katrin - 2005
This paper analyzes the determinants of computer use by male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on the employment status for older workers, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). In line with previous research on the diffusion of new technologies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298011
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Money also is sunny in a retiree's world
Lorenz, Svenja; Zwick, Thomas - 2020
This paper shows that labor income plays an important positive role for the decision to work after retirement. Especially individuals who have the chance to substantially supplement their pension entitlements have a higher earnings elasticity. Men are more attracted by earnings incentives than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300776