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The Determinants of Smoking Initiation: Empirical Evidence for Germany

Göhlmann, Silja - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and, by tracing back these individuals within the panel...

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The Determinants of Smoking Initiation - Empirical Evidence for Germany

Göhlmann, Silja - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2007

This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and,by tracing back these individuals within the panel...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561999

Smoke Signals: The Intergenerational Transmission of Smoking Behavior

Bantle, Christian; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002

using data from the German Socio- Economic Panel, surveyed in 1999 including 813 youths aged 16 through 19. We find strong … evidence, that parental smoking significantly increases the probability that their children likewise become smokers. Youths … control for other socioeconomic factors concerning the youths' smoking decision like household income, educational status and …

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Obesity, Unhappiness, and The Challenge of Affluence : Theory and Evidence

Oswald, Andrew J; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2007

Is affluence a good thing? The book The Challenge of Affluence by Avner Offer (2006) argues that economic prosperity weakens self-control and undermines human well-being. Consistent with a pessimistic view, we show that psychological distress has been rising through time in modern Great Britain....

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How does heterogeneity shape the socioeconomic gradient in health satisfaction?

Jones, Andrew M.; Schurer, Stefanie - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2007

Individual heterogeneity plays a key role in explaining variation in self-reported well-being and, in particular, health satisfaction. It is hypothesised that the inuence of this heterogeneity varies over levels of health and increases over the life-cycle. These hypotheses are tested with data...

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How Does Heterogeneity Shape the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health Satisfaction?

Jones, Andrew M.; Schurer, Stefanie - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2007

Individual heterogeneity plays a key role in explaining variation in self-reported well-being and, in particular, health satisfaction. It is hypothesised that the influence of this heterogeneity varies over levels of health and increases over the life-cycle. These hypotheses are tested with data...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561992

I'm not fat, just too short for my weight - Family Child Care and Obesity in Germany

Mahler, Philippe - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2007

Obesity is increasing worldwide for both adults and children. Genetic disposition is responsible for some variation in body weight but cannot explain the dramatic increase in the last two decades. The increase must be due to structural and behavioral changes. One such behavioral change is the...

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Obesity, Unhappiness, and The Challenge of Affluence: Theory and Evidence

Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

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Altenpflege und Soziale Dienste – wachsender Bedarf bei fehlenden Mitteln

Hofmann, Herbert - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 59 (2006) 15, pp. 24-30

Aufgrund der demographischen Alterung wird die Zahl der Pflegebedürftigen in den nächsten Jahrzehnten deutlich ansteigen. Damit wird auch die gegenwärtig vorhandene Infrastruktur für die ambulante und stationäre Versorgung nicht ausreichen, um den notwendigen Pflegestandard zu erhalten oder...

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Effizienzunterschiede und deren Ursachen im ambulanten Pflegesektor in Deutschland

Topf, Thomas - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 20 (2013) 05, pp. 22-32

Bis zum Jahr 2020 wird im ambulanten Pflegesektor ein Nachfrageüberhang im Umfang von 25.000 Vollzeitbeschäftigten erwartet. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, Effizienzpotenziale beim Personaleinsatz im ambulanten Pflegesektor mithilfe einer Data Envelopment Analyse zu identifizieren. Die...

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