Longitudinal data spanning 22 years, obtained from deceased participants of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP; N = 1,637; 70- to 100-year-olds), were used to examine if and how life satisfaction exhibits terminal decline at the end of life. Changes in life satisfaction were more strongly associated with distance to death than with distance from birth (chronological age). Multiphase growth ...
In:
Developmental Psychology
44 (2008), 4, S. 1148-1159
| Denis Gerstorf, Nilam Ram, Ryne Estabrook, Jürgen Schupp, Gert G. Wagner, Ulman Lindenberger
We provide the first joint evidence on the relationship between individuals' cognitive abilities, their personality and earnings for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we employ scores from an ultra-short IQ-test and a set of measures of personality traits, namely locus of control, reciprocity and all basic items from the Five Factor Personality Inventory. Our estimates ...
Dordrecht [u.a.]:
Kluwer Academic Publ.,
2008,
238 S.
(Social Indicators Research Series ; 33)
| Valerie Moeller, Denis Huschka, Alex C. Michalos (Eds.)
Bonn:
IZA,
2008,
27 S.
(Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 3915)
| Bruce Headey, Jürgen Schupp, Ingrid Tucci, Gert G. Wagner
The purpose of the paper is to assess the theory that the downside risk insurance provided by more generous welfare states generates long run efficiency gains, which counterbalance the short run efficiency losses caused by work disincentives in these states (Feldstein 1974, 1976; Sinn 1995, 1996). Testing downside risk theory requires long term data, so the paper makes use of the three longest running ...
In:
Social Indicators Research
86 (2008), 2, S. 213-231
| Bruce Headey