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Gender gaps in pensions and health : Germany, France, and Denmark
Haan, Peter; Hammerschmid, Anna; Rowold, Carla - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 43, pp. 436-442
This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that … the "gender pension gap" in Germany is higher than in France and much higher than in Denmark. This ranking is similar to …-specific differences in depressive symptoms follow a similar pattern as the gender pension gap: Denmark has the lowest difference between …
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Testing for ethnic discrimination in outpatient health care: evidence from a field experiment in Germany
Halla, Martin; Kah, Christopher; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2021
To test for ethnic discrimination in access to outpatient health care services, we carry out an email-correspondence study in Germany. We approach 3,224 physician offices in the 79 largest cities in Germany with fictitious appointment requests and randomized patients' characteristics. We find...
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The unequal consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic : evidence from a large representative German population survey
Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, Andreas - 2021
We employ panel data from three waves of a large representative population survey carried out between June and November 2020 to assess in what regards and to what extent different groups of the German population are affected by the COVID- 19 crisis. Using common factor analysis, we demonstrate...
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Testing for ethnic discrimination in outpatient health care: evidence from a field experiment in Germany
Halla, Martin; Kah, Christopher; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2021
To test for ethnic discrimination in access to outpatient health care services, we carry out an email-correspondence study in Germany. We approach 3,224 physician offices in the 79 largest cities in Germany with fictitious appointment requests and randomized patients' characteristics. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665388
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Need for long-term care depends on social standing
Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Kröger, Hannes; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 44/45, pp. 339-346
are needed to reduce this inequality, as it is only partially compensated for by the existing social security systems. To … the inequality in the short term, private co-payments should be decreased and made more dependent on disposable income …
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Intergenerational health mobility in Germany
Graeber, Daniel - 2023
We describe the joint permanent health distribution of parents and children in Germany using 25 years of data from the Socio-Economic Panel. We derive three main results: First, a ten percentile increase in parental permanent health is associated with a 2.3 percentile increase in their child's...
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Umsetzung der Inklusion hörbeeinträchtigter Studierender in deutschen Hochschulen
Weckwert, Alica - 2020
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Erwerbsminderungsrente: Weiterer Reformbedarf
Geyer, Johannes - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (2023) 5, pp. 290
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337253
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Life satisfaction and material well-being of children in the UK
Knies, Gundi - 2012
Life satisfaction is increasingly recognised as a desirable individual outcome. Policy attention with respect to child well-being has focused on improving the financial position of families with children. Using Understanding Society I show that child life satisfaction is not associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570749
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A decomposition analysis of cigarette consumption differences between male Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002 - 2012
Dang, Rui - 2016
In this article, we investigate the differences in smoking behavior between male Turkish immigrants and male Germans, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). More specifically, we use a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models, and isolate differences in the...
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