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  • SOEPpapers 103 / 2008

    Arbeitszeitwünsche, Arbeitslosigkeit und Arbeitszeitpolitik

    Der Beitrag untersucht auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels 2004 die Arbeitszeitwünsche der abhängig Beschäftigten in Deutschland unter Berücksichtigung von damit einhergehenden Einkommensveränderungen. Es wird gezeigt, dass die in der arbeitsmarktpolitischen Diskussion häufig übersehenen Zeitpräferenzen der Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitnehmerinnen von hoher Relevanz für die Lebens-, Gesundheits- und ...

    2008| Gerd Grözinger, Wenzel Matiaske, Verena Tobsch
  • SOEPpapers 102 / 2008

    Wie progressiv ist Deutschland? Das Steuer- und Transfersystem im europäischen Vergleich

    Deutschland wird häufig ein im europäischen Vergleich überdurchschnittliches Abgabenniveau bescheinigt. Da dies als eine der Hauptursachen für vergleichsweise schwaches Wachstum und hohe Arbeitslosigkeit gilt, werden in der wirtschaftspolitischen Debatte vermehrt Reformen des progressiven Steuer- und Transfersystems gefordert. Im Zentrum unserer Untersuchung steht die Frage, welche Unterschiede die ...

    2008| Andreas Peichl, Thilo Schaefer
  • SOEPpapers 101 / 2008

    The Preadult Origins of Post-Materialism: A Longitudinal Sibling Study

    Using a research design that traces siblings preferences for postmaterialistic values in Germany over two decades, this paper provides new evidence on the origins of value preferences. Focusing on Inglehart's thesis of value change, we test the combined socialization and scarcity hypothesis against the social learning hypothesis, a prominent rival account of preadult value preference formation. Sibling ...

    2008| Martin Kroh
  • SOEPpapers 100 / 2008

    Soziale Ungleichheiten beim Schulstart: empirische Untersuchungen zur Bedeutung der sozialen Herkunft und des Kindergartenbesuchs auf den Zeitpunkt der Einschulung

    Aus dem ökosystemischen Ansatz von Bronfenbrenner lässt sich ableiten, dass der Kindergarten entwicklungsfördernd ist, und zwar insbesondere bei Kindern aus bildungsfernen Haushalten. Deshalb gehen wir der Frage nach, in wieweit ein früher Eintritt in den Kindergarten das Risiko der Rückstellung bei der Einschulung reduziert. Auch werden vorzeitige Einschulungen untersucht, da sie in den letzten Jahren ...

    2008| Jens Kratzmann, Thorsten Schneider
  • SOEPpapers 99 / 2008

    Das Sozio-Oekonomische Panel (SOEP): Gewinn für interdisziplinäre und psychologische Forschung

    2008| Gisela Trommsdorff
  • SOEPpapers 98 / 2008

    On the Treatment of Non-Original Sample Members in the German Household Panel Study (SOEP): Tracing, Weighting, and Frequencies

    In this paper we discuss the rationale for tracing non-original sample members (Non-OSMs) in household panel studies, and in particular in SOEP, and the implications for weighting. We present results on the incidence, survival rates, and thus the relevance of Non-OSMs in the SOEP

    2008| Martin Spieß, Martin Kroh, Rainer Pischner, Gert G. Wagner
  • SOEPpapers 97 / 2008

    Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years

    In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study are used to ...

    2008| John Cawley, C. Katharina Spieß
  • SOEPpapers 96 / 2008

    Copayments for Ambulatory Care in Germany: A Natural Experiment Using a Difference-in-Difference Approach

    In response to increasing health expenditures and a high number of physician visits, the German government introduced a copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private insurance were exempt from the copayments, this health care reform can be regarded as a natural experiment. We used a difference-in-difference approach to examine ...

    2008| Jonas Schreyögg, Markus M. Grabka
  • SOEPpapers 95 / 2008

    Life Satisfaction and Economic Conditions in East and West Germany Pre- and Post-Unification

    Economic disruption in East Germany at the time of unification resulted in a noticeable drop in life satisfaction. By the late 1990s East Germany's life satisfaction had recovered to about its 1990 level, and its shortfall relative to West Germany was slightly less than that before unification. In West Germany life satisfaction was fairly constant before unification, but subsequently trended moderately ...

    2008| Richard A. Easterlin, Anke C. Zimmermann
  • SOEPpapers 94 / 2008

    Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism

    In the transition from socialism to capitalism in Eastern Europe life satisfaction has followed the V-shaped pattern of GDP but failed to recover commensurately. In general, increased satisfaction with material living levels has occurred at the expense of decreased satisfaction with work, health, and family life. Disparities in life satisfaction have increased markedly with those hardest hit being ...

    2008| Richard A. Easterlin
  • SOEPpapers 93 / 2008

    In Vino Pecunia? The Association between Beverage-Specific Drinking Behavior and Wages

    The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature. Positive health effects as well as networking mechanisms serve as explanations for the "alcohol-income puzzle". Using individual-based microdata from the GSOEP for 2006, we confirm that this relationship exists for Germany as well. More importantly, we shed light on the alcohol-income ...

    2008| Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Markus M. Grabka
  • SOEPpapers 92 / 2008

    Bringing Home the Money: Xenophobia and Remittances: The Case of Germany

    The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances. Second, income and gender has ...

    2008| Elke Holst, Andrea Schäfer, Mechthild Schrooten
  • SOEPpapers 91 / 2008

    Chances of Employment in a Population of Women and Men after Surgery of Congenital Heart Disease: Gender-Specific Comparisons between Patients and the General Population

    It was examined whether women and men (17-45 years) with operated congenital heart disease (CHD) differ with respect to chances of employment. Patients were compared with the general population. Patients (N=314) were classified by type of surgery (curative, reparative, palliative) as indicator of initial severity of disease. The second classification was performed according to a system proposed by ...

    2008| Siegfried Geyer, Kambiz Norozi, Reiner Buchhorn, Armin Wessel
  • SOEPpapers 90 / 2008

    Mortgage Market Maturity and Homeownership Inequality among Young Households: A Five-Country Perspective

    This paper uses the newly constructed Luxembourg Wealth Study data to document cross-country variation in homeownership rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and inequality in the four countries correspond ...

    2008| Alena Bicakova, Eva M. Sierminska
  • SOEPpapers 89 / 2008

    Daten- und Datenbankstruktur der Längsschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP)

    2008| Jan Goebel, Peter Krause, Rainer Pischner, Ingo Sieber, Gert G. Wagner
  • SOEPpapers 88 / 2008

    Risk Aversion and Trade Union Membership

    In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining outcomes. Using German panel data (GSOEP) and three novel direct measures of individual risk aversion, we find evidence of a significantly positive relationship between ...

    2008| Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg
  • SOEPpapers 87 / 2008

    Vom Kinderzuschlag zum Kindergeldzuschlag: ein Reformvorschlag zur Bekämpfung von Kinderarmut

    Mit dem im Zuge der Hartz IV-Reform 2005 eingeführten Kinderzuschlag sollte vermieden werden, dass Familien von ALG II und Sozialgeld abhängig werden, deren Einkommen zwar zur Deckung des elterlichen minimalen Lebensstandards, nicht aber für das Existenzminimum des Kindes bzw. der Kinder reicht. Die Auswirkungen der neuen Transferart auf die Einkommenssituation von Familien sind allerdings sehr gering ...

    2008| Irene Becker, Richard Hauser
  • SOEPpapers 86 / 2008

    Problems of the German Contribution to EU-SILC: A Research Perspective, Comparing EU-SILC, Microcensus and SOEP

    EU-SILC will become one of the most important statistical data sources for the Federal Government's future Poverty and Wealth Reports, for comparing Germany's position with those of the other EU member states in the "open method of coordination", and for the international scientific community and international organisations. Hence this sample needs intensive quality control to ensure data quality. ...

    2008| Richard Hauser
  • SOEPpapers 85 / 2008

    Do Reservation Wages Really Decline? Some International Evidence on the Determinants of Reservation Wages

    Using cross-country data, we investigate the determinants of reservation wages and their course over the jobless spell. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model, repeated observations on the same individual provide scant evidence of declining reservation wages.

    2008| John T. Addison, Mário Centeno, Pedro Portugal
  • SOEPpapers 84 / 2008

    Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis

    We look for evidence of habituation in twenty waves of German panel data: do individuals, after life and labour market events, tend to return to some baseline level of well-being? Although the strongest life satisfaction effect is often at the time of the event, we find significant lag and lead effects. We cannot reject the hypothesis of complete adaptation to marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of ...

    2008| Andrew E. Clark, Ed Diener, Yannis Georgellis, Richard E. Lucas
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