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SOEPpapers 317 / 2010
The death of a spouse is an extremely stressful life event that consequently causes a large drop in life satisfaction. Reactivity to the loss, however, varies markedly, a phenomenon that is currently not well understood. Because lack of controllability essentially contributes to the stressful nature of this incident, we analyzed whether individual differences in the belief in external control influence ...
2010| Jule Specht, Boris Egloff, Stefan C. Schmukle
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SOEPpapers 312 / 2010
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data come from the Federal Environment Agency and cover the years 2002-2007. Our work offers three important contributions. Firstly, we use accurate ...
2010| Katja Coneus, C. Katharina Spieß
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SOEPpapers 307 / 2010
This paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study to examine the relationship between psychological traits, in particular personality, and the formation and dissolution of marital and cohabiting partnerships. Changing patterns of selection into and out of relationships indicate that the determinants of marital surplus have altered between older cohorts who were born in the years after ...
2010| Shelly Lundberg
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Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1 / 2010
Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden sowohl bildungs- als auch familienpolitische Maßnahmen, wie sie im Koalitionsvertrag der gegenwärtigen schwarz-gelben Bundesregierung genannt werden, diskutiert und bewertet. Für beide Politikbereiche ist die frühkindliche Bildung und Betreuung von hoher Relevanz; dies lässt sich bildungs- und familienökonomisch begründen. Im Koalitionsvertrag kommt diesem Bereich jedoch ...
2010| C. Katharina Spieß
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SOEPpapers 296 / 2010
Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are not only made by foreigners. Many naturalized migrants send money home as well. Here, we focus on transnational networks and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the years 200 ...
2010| Elke Holst, Andrea Schäfer, Mechthild Schrooten
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SOEPpapers 285 / 2010
In this study, we examine how economic performance during the child-specific primary school phase, during which teachers make recommendations regarding secondary school level, affects the educational level achieved ultimately by these children. Using data for Germany, we find that an economic downturn, coupled with increased unemployment, affects children's education attainment negatively. In terms ...
2010| Carsten Ochsen
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a non-intact family in Germany. We find that this experience is associated with worse outcomes according to estimates from models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. Evidence of adverse effects emerges also when endogeneity is accounted for. ...
In:
Journal of Population Economics
23 (2010), 3, S. 1073-1103
| Marco Francesconi, Stephen P. Jenkins, Thomas Siedler
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Forschungsprojekt
Die Abteilung Staat im DIW Berlin veröffentlicht regelmäßig Berichte, Stellungnahmen und Medienbeiträge zu aktuellen Fragen der Steuer- und Sozialpolitik
Wiederkehrendes Projekt| Staat
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Forschungsprojekt
Teilprojekt einer Gesamtevaluation der ehe- und familienbezogenen Leistungen in Deutschland
Erstmalig wurde in Deutschland eine systematische und groß angelegte Evaluation des Gesamttableaus ehe- und familienpolitischer Leistungen durchgeführt - dies geschah im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ) und des Bundesministeriums der Finanzen ...
Abgeschlossenes Projekt| Sozio-oekonomisches Panel
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
This article analyzes differences in naming between East and West Germany. After World War II, Germany was split by the allied forces. Two Germanies emerged: the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The country's division lasted about forty years (1949-1989), a time span in which vastlydifferent geo-political frameworks - Eastern bloc versus Western bloc - shaped ...
In:
Names: A Journal of Onomastics
57 (2009), 4, S. 208-228
| Denis Huschka, Jürgen Gerhards, Gert G. Wagner