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Erfolgreich Altern : Lebensbedingungen in der Kindheit und soziale Ungleichheit haben großen Einfluss

Brandt, Martina; Deindl, Christian; Hank, Karsten - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 7, pp. 11-14

-life health ; childhood conditions ; social inequality ; SHARELIFE …

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Menschen mit hohem Einkommen leben länger

Kroh, Martin; Neiss, Hannes; Kroll, Lars; Lampert, Thomas - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 38, pp. 3-15

statistical correlation between income and life expectancy presents a challenge to those responsible for health policy in the … those from affluent households, reform of occupational safety standards and improvements in the promotion of health in the … workplace would make sense, as would behavior-related preventive measures and tailored health information campaigns that focus …

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The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of obesity on income

O’Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-20

This paper examines the consequences of using self-reported measures of BMI when estimating the effect of BMI on income for women using both Irish and US data. We find that self-reported BMI is subject to substantial measurement error and that this error deviates from classical measurement...

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A modified Kakwani measure for health inequality

Fjugushige, Mototsugu; Ishikawa, Noriko; Maekawa, Satoko - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 10, pp. 1-7

decomposition method using expenditure components and provide an empirical example with Japanese data. -- health inequality … inequality for medical services. Our modification is to measure inequality using the ratio of the concentration index to the Gini …

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The status quo bias of bond market analysts

Gubaydullina, Zulia; Hein, Oliver; Spiwoks, Markus - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 1, pp. 31-51

Status quo bias is a systematic cognitive error which makes it difficult for individuals to make decisions independently of the currently dominant situation. This study pursues the question of whether bond market analysts are affected by status quo bias. We evaluated interest rate forecast...

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Geburten in Ost- und Westdeutschland : erleichtert eine hohe Risikobereitschaft die Entscheidung für ein Kind?

Schmitt, Christian - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 11, pp. 18-23

Die von wirtschaftlichen Umbrüchen geprägten Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung waren für viele Ostdeutsche mit zunehmender Unsicherheit verbunden, während die Veränderungen in Westdeutschland weitaus weniger gravierend waren. In der Folge kam es in den 90er Jahren zu einem massiven Rückgang...

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Measuring the degree to which probability weighting affects risk-taking behavior in financial decisions

Mattos, Fabio; Garcia, Philip - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 1-39

The paper investigates the importance of probability weighting in financial decisions and examines the degree to which risk-taking behavior deviates from expected utility theory in the presence of probability weighting. A group of professional traders participates in an experiment, whose data...

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Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy

Babcock, Linda; Congdon, William J.; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-14

Labor market policies succeed or fail at least in part depending on how well they reflect or account for behavioral responses. Insights from behavioral economics, which allow for realistic deviations from standard economic assumptions about behavior, have consequences for the design and...

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Value relevance of financial statements information : evidence from listed firms in Kenya

Nyabundi, Melissa A. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 115-134

This study examined the relationship between share prices and dividends, earnings and book values for companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in Kenya for the six years period between 2005 and 2010. Using panel data analysis the study found evidence that there is a positive and...

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Initial endowment effects in multi-unit vickrey auctions

Akaichi, Faical; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Gil, José M. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 4, pp. 41-55

We report the result of experiments designed to assess the effect of initial endowments on willingness to pay values …

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