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The optimal choice of a reference standard for income comparisons: indirect evidence from immigrants' return visits
Stichnoth, Holger - 2009
I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004)prediction that individuals'reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference income is not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298808
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The optimal choice of a reference standard for income comparisons: indirect evidence from immigrants' return visits
Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004)prediction that individuals'reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference income is not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097631
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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/10010299935
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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 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/10008615607
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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration
Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - 2004
languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom …, and Sweden) and traditional countries of immigration (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US). Econometric results show … found for Germany, the UK and US, whereas social mobility is more likely in Scandinavian countries and in Canada. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297318
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Educational Effects of Early or Later Secondary School Tracking in Germany
Mühlenweg, Andrea Maria - 2007
This paper examines educational outcomes of pupils selected to secondary school types by different tracking regimes in a German state: Pupils are alternatively streamed after fourth grade or after sixth grade. Regression results indicate that, estimated on the mean, there are no negative effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297979
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Klimapolitik zwischen Markt, Deliberation und Hegemonie: Der Emissionshandel und das Politische
Frick, Marc; Huwe, Vera - 2020
Das Instrument des Emissionshandelssystems (EHS) wird von Umweltökonom:innen an prominenter Stelle zur Bewältigung der ökologischen Krisen sowohl im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs als auch in der Politikberatung empfohlen. Wir arbeiten drei implizite normative Prämissen des Lehrbuchmodells eines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012313235
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The Immigrant Wage Gap in Germany
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - 2008
these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding … Germany is an important component of economic integration and degrees obtained abroad are valued less. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298665
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Earnings Prospects for People with Migration Background in Germany
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - 2007
Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … citizenship to analyze economic issues of immigration may be problematic for two reasons. On the one hand, a quite substantial … Germany lead to better earnings prospects compared to degrees obtained abroad for persons with migration background …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297935
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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