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Identification, Characteristics and Impact of Faked Interviews in Surveys : An analysis by means of genuine fakes in the raw data of SOEP
Wagner, Gert G.; Schraepler, Joerg-Peter - 2003
To the best of our knowledge, most of the few methodological studies which analyze the impact of faked interviews on survey results are based on 'artificial fakes' generated by project students in a 'laboratory environment'. In contrast, panel data provide a unique opportunity to identify data...
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Reform of the public pension system in Germany
Konrad, Kai A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
This paper studies the current crisis in the German pension system and discusses the various reform proposals.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260737
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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
Der im Ausland geborene Teil der in Deutschland lebenden Bevölkerung besteht aus Ausländern und Aussiedlern, die aus … osteuropäischen Ländern nach Deutschland emigriert sind. Während die erste Gruppe mit Problemen konfrontiert ist, die aus dem typisch … deutschen Pass. Etwa die Hälfte der Immigranten, die seit 1984 nach Deutschland kamen, sind der Gruppe der Aussiedler …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260753
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The Dynamics of Child Poverty: Britain and Germany Compared
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Schluter, Christian; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
Wir vergleichen die Muster der Armutsdynamik bei Kindern in Großbritannien und Deutschland anhand der Daten der British … Household Panel Survey und des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels für den Zeitraum 1992-1997. Im Vergleich zu Deutschland ist in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260755
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Autonomous Organization of the (International) Scientific Community Would Simplify Data Protection in the Social Sciences and Encourage Reanalysis
Wagner, Gert G. - 2001
The re-analysis of statistical data is an effective means of protecting the public from undiscovered errors in social science research. Re-analysis is critical, as there is no difference between official data and non-official data. However, discussions concerning data protection legislation do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260766
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Maintenance of and innovation in long-term panel studies : the case of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)
Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2002
The availability of panel data on the basis of micro data has become an indispensable component of the infrastructure of empirically oriented social scientists and economists. This is also a consequence of the fact that, for a panel survey, the quality of both content and methodological analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260786
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Taking a Second Chance: Entrepreneurial Restarters in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part due to a habit that might be termed 'stigmatisation of failure': taking a second chance to build one's own firm after failing as a self-employed is said to be much more difficult here than in other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261524
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German Works Councils in the Production Process
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2003
In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree counterparts. Such findings can only serve to buttress the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261548
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The Course of Research into the Economic Consequences of German Works Councils
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
In a survey published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Frege (2002) evaluates research on the German works council from the perspective of several disciplines, including economics. Ultimately, she concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a ?dead end?. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261591
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Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2003
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship. Based on a coherent model of the choice between self-employment and paid employment he shows that having a background in a large number of different roles increases the probability of becoming an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261621