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Non-take-up of means-tested social benefits in Germany
Harnisch, Michelle - 2019
This paper presents non-take-up rates of benefits from the German Income Support for Job Seekers scheme, called Unemployment Benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II ). Eligibility to these benefits is simulated by applying a microsimulation model based on data from the Socio-economic Panel for the years...
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Non-take-up of means-tested social benefits in Germany
Harnisch, Michelle - 2019 - Corrected version
This paper presents non-take-up rates of benefits from the German Income Support for Job Seekers scheme, called Unemployment Benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II). Eligibility to these benefits is simulated by applying a microsimulation model based on data from the Socio-economic Panel for the years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041328
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Remittances and gender : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … reunification in the destination country and decreases remittances. Third, the structure of the existing social network in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826713
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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336863
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Gender and generosity in charitable giving : empirical evidence for the German Red Cross
Emrich, Eike; Pierdzioch, Christian - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 13/15, pp. 1041-1045
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Performance-related pay and gender wage differences
Kangasniemi, Mari; Kauhanen, Antti - In: Applied economics 45 (2013) 34/36, pp. 5131-5143
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226397
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Wealth distribution within couples
Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - 2013
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195489
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Making dough or baking dough? : spousal housework responsibilities in Germany, 1992 - 2011
Procher, Vivien; Ritter, Nolan; Vance, Colin - 2014
- influence his or her contribution to housework? (2) If so, does the magnitude of this influence differ by gender? and (3) How … important are traditional gender roles on housework allocation? We address these issues by applying a panel quantile regression …, with the latter effect being roughly equal across genders. Nevertheless, traditional gender roles also appear to dictate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010254311
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Does personality matter? : the impact of the Big Five on the migrant and gender wage gaps
Brenzel, Hanna; Laible, Marie-Christine - 2016
We investigate whether the Big Five Personality Dimensions contribute to explaining gender and migrant wage gaps by … using a linked employer-employee dataset. We expand the scarce literature concerning personality traits and gender wage gaps … in Germany and we provide first evidence for the relationship between the Big Five and the migrant wage gap. Our results …
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