This paper explores the effect of COVID-19 infection rates on individuals’ risk preferences using the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Findings show that the spread of COVID-19 does not significantly alter risk preferences. While we do find that individuals with prior cardiovascular diseases reduce their preference for risk-taking, this zero effect is remarkably stable across subgroups of the population. ...
Rochester :
SSRN,
2024,
42 S.
| Daniel Graeber, Ulrich Schmidt, Carsten Schröder, Johannes Seebauer
We study the economic consequences of stress-related occupational illnesses (burnout) using Swedish administrative data. Using a mover design, we find that high-burnout firms and stressful occupations universally raise burnout risk yet disproportionately impact low-stress-tolerance workers. Workers who burn out endure permanent earnings losses regardless of gender—while women are three times more...
11.12.2024| Dominik Wehr, Stockholm School of Economics
A large body of literature highlights the benefits of being religious in terms of subjective well-being. We examine changes to these so-called religious well-being benefits during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and address the role of (formal and informal) social integration when explaining these changes. We empirically test two contrasting scenarios: The first scenario predicts ...
In:
Journal of Happiness Studies
25 (2024), 103, 35 S.
| Jan‑Philip Steinmann, Hannes Kröger, Jörg Hartmann, Theresa M. Entringer
Objectives This study analyses waiting times for elective surgeries and potential determinants, including supplementary private health insurance, visits in the operating physician's private practice and informal payments for faster treatment.
Study design Retrospective patient questionnaire survey. Methods The survey was conducted in eleven Austrian rehabilitation centres in 2019. Data was analysed ...
In:
Public Health
236 (2024), S. 216-223
| Markus Kraus, Barbara Stacherl, Thomas Czypionka, Susanne Mayer
Der Anteil von Homeoffice lag in Deutschland vor Beginn der Corona-Pandemie auf einem international vergleichsweise niedrigen Niveau. Mit der vorübergehend eingeführten Pflicht zum Homeoffice im Jahr 2021 hat die Debatte über die Zukunft der Arbeitswelt deutlich an Dynamik gewonnen. Dieser Wochenbericht analysiert die Entwicklung der Nutzung von Homeoffice in Deutschland im Zeitraum von 2014 bis 2022 ...
Did the COVID-19 pandemic crowd out environmental concerns, as one might expect if ‘‘pools of worry’’ were finite or ‘‘moral bandwidth’’ was limited? We use Chancellor Angela Merkel’saddress to the German nation on 18 March 2020 as the threshold in a regression discontinuity in time (RDiT) to evaluate the effects of an increase in COVID-based economic and health concerns on the climate and environmental ...
In:
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
228 (2024), 106753, 10 S.
| Julia Berazneva, Daniel Graeber, Michelle McCauley, Sabine Zinn, Peter Hans Matthews
In this project, we analyze whether the arts can mitigate negative impacts of social distancing and isolation on mental health and wellbeing, ease the burden of closed day-care and school facilities on families, and preserve attitudes of solidarity and trust. Using the SOEP-CoV questionnaire, we examine whether experience with music enabled individuals and households to handle social isolation and ...
2024| Martina Metzger, Hans Walter Steinhauer, Jennifer Pédussel Wu
Combining the frameworks of fundamental causes theory and diffusion of innovation, scholars had anticipated a delayed COVID-19 vaccination uptake for people in lower socioeconomic position depending on the socioeconomic context. We qualify these propositions and analyze educational differences in COVID-19 vaccination status over the first ten months of Germany’s vaccination campaign in 2021. Data from ...
In:
Scientific Reports
14 (2024), 23904, 12 S.
| Marvin Reis, Niels Michalski, Susanne Bartig, Elisa Wulkotte, Christina Poethko-Müller, Daniel Graeber, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Claudia Hövener, Jens Hoebel