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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
We analyze the effect of the receipt of remittances on the education and health of children in Kyrgyzstan during a volatile period of their recent history, 2005–2009. The country experienced revolution in 2005 and the global financial crisis beginning in 2008. Both events impact human capital investment, and the changes vary by region of the country. We use fixed effects estimation and fixed effects, ...
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Journal of Comparative Economics
42 (2014), 3, S. 770-785
| Antje Kröger, Kathryn H. Anderson
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SOEPpapers 702 / 2014
In Germany, individuals in need of long-term care receive support through benefits of the long-term care insurance. A central goal of the insurance is to support informal care provided by family members. Care recipients can choose between benefits in kind (formal home care services) and benefits in cash. From a budgetary perspective family care is a cost-saving alternative to formal home care and to ...
2014| Johannes Geyer, Thorben Korfhage
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DIW Wochenbericht 46 / 2014
Schocks, die während der frühen Kindheit erlebt werden, können das Wachstum von Kindern langfristig schädigen. Wir untersuchen die möglichen Auswirkungen extremer Wetterphänomene auf das Wachstum von Kindern am Beispiel der Mongolei, die häufig von extremen Wintern heimgesucht wird. Unser Fokus liegt auf dem ungewöhnlich harten Winter von 2009/2010, der das Sterben von mehr als 10 Millionen Nutztieren ...
2014| Valeria Groppo, Kati Krähnert
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DIW Wochenbericht 46 / 2014
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DIW Wochenbericht 46 / 2014
Kolumbien ist nach Syrien das Land mit der weltweit größten Anzahl an Binnenflüchtlingen. Der jahrzehntelange und bis heute andauernde bewaffnete Konflikt zwischender kolumbianischen Polizei und den Streitkräften, paramilitärischen Gruppen und Guerillagruppierungen hat 5,7 Millionen Menschen aus ihren Heimatregionen vertrieben – mehr als zehn Prozent der Bevölkerung. Ein Großteil sind Frauen und Kinder, ...
2014| Nina Wald
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
Care for people with chronic conditions is an issue of increasing importance in industrialized countries. This article examines three recent efforts at care coordination that have been evaluated but not yet included in systematic reviews. The first is Germany'sGesundes Kinzigtal, a population-based approach that organizes care across all health service sectors and indications in a targeted region. ...
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Health Affairs
33 (2014), 9, S. 1549-1558
| Reinhard Busse, Juliane Stahl
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SOEPpapers 631 / 2014
This paper applies semiparametric regression models to shed light on the relation-ship between body weight and labor market outcomes in Germany. We find conclusive evidence that these relationships are poorly described by linear or quadratic OLS specifications, which have been the main approaches in previous studies. Women's wages and employment probabilities do not follow a linear relationship and ...
2014| Marco Caliendo, Markus Gehrsitz
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
We examine the effects of an airport expansion on the prices of houses and apartments located under the planned flight paths. We focus on the role of expectations of aircraft noise during the expansion of Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport. The publication of the flight paths can be seen as an exogenous event. It provides local residents and potential home buyers with reliable information in ...
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The Annals of Regional Science
52 (2014), 3, 763-797
| Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Andreas Mense
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SOEPpapers 635 / 2014
We estimate the relationship between changes in the body mass index (bmi) and wages or satisfaction, respectively, in a panel of German employees. In contrast to previous literature, the dynamic models indicate that there is an inverse u-shaped association between bmi and wages among young workers. Among young male workers, work satisfaction is affected beyond the effect on earnings. Our finding of ...
2014| Frieder Kropfhäußer, Marco Sunder
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SOEPpapers 638 / 2014
This paper provides an empirical analysis of reference-dependent effects of unemployment on mental well-being. We show that the negative effect of unemployment on mental well-being depends on expectations about the future employment status. Several contributions to the literature have shown that the perception of the individual employment status depends on the surrounding unemployment rate. We argue ...
2014| Martina Grunow