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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2009
youth. -- Disconnected youth ; unemployment ; school failure ; life adversity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902946
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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010
Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school …, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth … followed by increases in the number of disconnected youth. -- Disconnected youth ; unemployment ; school failure ; life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003948917
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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010
Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school …, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth … followed by increases in the number of disconnected youth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824837
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Economic development, novelty consumption, and body weight : evidence from the East German transition to capitalism
Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015
This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510027
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The intangible costs of overweight and obesity in Germany
Meng, Fan; Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-10
Background Previous literature documents the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity, yet none has attempted to quantify the intangible costs of obesity. This study focuses on quantifying the intangible costs of one unit body mass index (BMI) increase and being overweight and obese in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500249
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Economic development, novelty consumption, and body weight : evidence from the East German transition to capitalism
Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015
This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715829
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Food-Related Lifestyles and Their Association to Obesity in Five European Countries
Perez-Cueto, Federico; Verbeke, Wim; de Barcellos, … - 2014
This paper’s objective is to investigate the associations between obesity and Food-Related Lifestyles (FRL) in five European countries. A cross-sectional web-based survey was carried out in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece and Poland, January 2008, with quota samples on gender (male, female),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197213
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COVID-19 vaccination mandates and vaccine uptake
Karajvanov, Alexander K.; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2021
, Italy and Germany corroborates this finding, and we estimate cumulative gains of up to 5 percentage points in provincial … mandate announcements). We also find large vaccination gains in France (3 to 5 mln first doses), Italy (around 6 mln) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795392
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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake
Karaivanov, Alexander; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2022
France, Italy and Germany corroborates this finding. Counterfactual simulations using our estimates suggest the following …-announcement), 12 p.p. (5-15) for Italy (14 weeks post-announcement) and 4.7 p.p (4.1-5.1) for Germany (11 weeks post-announcement) …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323013
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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake
Karaivanov, Alexander; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 2022
, Italy and Germany corroborates this finding, and we estimate cumulative gains of up to 5 percentage points in provincial … mandate announcements). We also find large vaccination gains in France (3 to 5 mln first doses), Italy (around 6 mln) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083966