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Childbearing History, Later Life Health, and Mortality in Germany
Hank, Karsten - 2010
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the role of childbearing history in later life health and mortality, paying particular attention to possible differences by sex and region. Higher parity is associated with better self-rated health in Western German mothers and...
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Wohnstandortentscheidungen in einer wohnbiographischen Perspektive: Eine explorative Studie in ländlichen und großstädtischen Kontexten
Peter, Heike; Tippel, Cornelia; Steinführer, Annett - 2022
Dieser Thünen Report untersucht Wohnstandortentscheidungen als im Lebensverlauf regelmäßig stattfindende Abwägungs- und …. Wie verändern sich Wohnansprüche im Lebensverlauf? 2. Welche Rolle spielen weitere Faktoren neben Lebenslaufereignissen … Überzeugungen (normative beliefs) geprägt. Besonders wirkmächtig sind die Idee einer Wohnkarriere im Lebensverlauf, d. h. der …
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Analysepotenziale des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) für die empirische Bildungsforschung
Lohmann, Henning; Spieß, C. Katharina; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - In: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft 12 (2009), pp. 252-280
Bildungsforschung liegt jedoch in der Analyse von Bildungs- und Kompetenzentwicklungen über den gesamten Lebensverlauf hinweg und zwar … perspective of life-course theory, however, lies in analyzing educational and competency development across the entire life span …
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Contextualised mobility histories of moving desires and actual moving behaviour
Coulter, Rory; van Ham, Maarten - 2011
Conceptually, adopting a life course approach when analysing residential mobility enables us to investigate how experiencing particular life events affects mobility decision-making and behaviour throughout individual lifetimes. Yet although a growing body of longitudinal research links mobility...
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Life-cycle consumption patterns at older ages in the US and the UK: Can medical expenditures explain the difference?
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard; Levell, Peter; Smith, … - 2016
In this paper we document significantly steeper declines in nondurable expenditures in the UK compared to the US, in spite of income paths being similar. We explore several possible causes, including different employment paths, housing ownership and expenses, levels and paths of health status,...
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How Could Germany Escape the Demographic Trap?
Kahlenberg, Christoph; Spermann, Alexander - 2012
Demographic change is perceived as a threat for wealth rather than a challenge in Germany. The debate on skilled labor shortage is a proof for this view. The paper surveys the most important German studies on skilled labor shortage. Meanwhile, a consensus on solutions has emerged in academia....
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The determinants and long-term projections of saving rates in developing Asia
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko - 2011
In this paper, we present data on trends over time in domestic saving rates in twelve economies in developing Asia during the 1966-2007 period and analyze the determinants of these trends. We find that domestic saving rates in developing Asia have, in general, been high and rising but that there...
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Population Aging and Individual Attitudes toward Immigration: Disentangling Age, Cohort and Time Effects
Calahorrano, Lena - 2011
In the face of rising old-age dependency ratios in industrialized countries like Germany, politicians and their electorates discuss the loosening of immigration policies as one policy option to ensure the sustainability of public social security systems. The question arises whether this policy...
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Lebensphasenorientierte Personalpolitik: Theoretisches Konzept und empirische Evidenz
Hammermann, Andrea; Stettes, Oliver - 2014
In vielen Unternehmen arbeitet die Personalabteilung auch heute noch vor-rangig administrativ. In Zeiten zunehmender Fachkräfteengpässe wandelt sich das Bild des Personalmanagements aber immer stärker – hin zu einem Business-Partner auf Augenhöhe, der das Fundament für eine erfolgreiche...
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Population aging and individual attitudes toward immigration: Disentangling age, cohort and time effects
Calahorrano, Lena - 2011
In the face of rising old-age dependency ratios in industrialized countries like Germany, politicians and their electorates discuss the loosening of immigration policies as one policy option to ensure the sustainability of public social security systems. The question arises whether this policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286418