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Living Conditions of Children and Parental Well-Being : Evidence from German Data on Life Satisfaction
Schwarze, Johannes - 2004
The question that this paper addresses is whether or not parents are altruistic towards their children. A new approach will be introduced, where the life satisfaction data of parents will be regressed onto the living conditions of their children who now live independently. After controlling for...
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How Important Is the Family? Evidence from Sibling Correlations in Permanent Earnings in the USA, Germany, and Denmark
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - In: Journal of Population Economics 27 (2014) 1, pp. 69-89
in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and USA. The main findings are that family and … found in USA. This holds true for both male and female siblings. A deeper analysis of Germany shows that family background …This paper is the first to analyze the impact of family background on permanent earnings based on sibling correlations …
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Taxing childcare: Effects on family labor supply and children
Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - 2012
older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members. …
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Taxing childcare: Effects on family labor supply and children
Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - 2012
older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286908
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Low-wage employment versus unemployment: which one provides better prospects for women?
Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299854
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Low-wage employment versus unemployment: which one provides better prospects for women?
Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299896
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Is mothers' employment an effective means to fight family poverty? Empirical evidence from seven European countries
Büchel, Felix; Mertens, Antje; Orsini, Kristian - 2003
European countries with contrasting family policies: the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, and Finland … on families' income situation in almost all countries and family types. By applying selectivity models, however, we show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335487
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Interrelationships among Locus of Control and Years in Management and Unemployment: Differences by Gender
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010
This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes for men and women at two opposite poles of the labour market: high level managerial / leadership positions and unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600909
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Low-wage employment versus unemployment: which one provides better prospects for women?
Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269482
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Interrelationships among locus of control and years in management and unemployment: Differences by gender
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010
This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes for men and women at two opposite poles of the labour market: high level managerial / leadership positions and unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271382