Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Insurance State and the Number of Doctor Visits. A Latent Class Panel Approach with German Data

Reducing the Number of Doctor Visits by Supply-Side Regulations

We analyze the effect of the introduction of a fixed budget for the ambulatory care sector in 1993, the introduction of individual practice budgets in 1997, and the tightening of the budget in real terms thereafter on the lengths of treatments of patients using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel over the period from 1985 to 2006. With a random effects-type two-part model in a difference-in-differences ...

Risk aversion, health behaviour, and adverse selection in the German market for private supplementary health insurance

Direct evidence of risk aversion as a source of advantageous selection in health insurance

Using the self-stated degree of risk aversion regarding health from the GSOEP we find some evidence for risk aversion being a source of advantageous selection. Risk averse men more often procure supplementary insurance for hospital visits despite needing the additional coverage less.

Why are the Unemployed in Worse Health? The Causal Effect of Unemployment on Health

We analyse the effect of unemployment on health using information from the German Socio-Economic Panel of the years 1991–2008. To establish a causal effect we rely on fixed-effects methods and plant closures as exogenous entries into unemployment. Although unemployment is negatively correlated with health, we do not find a negative effect of unemployment due to plant closure on health across several ...

Practice budgets and the patient mix of physicians - The effect of a remuneration system reform on health care utilisation

This study analyses the effect of a change in the remuneration system for physicians on the treatment lengths as measured by the number of doctor visits using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel over the period 1995-2002. Specifically, I analyse the introduction of a remuneration cap (so called practice budgets) for physicians who treat publicly insured patients in 1997. I find evidence that ...

Heterogeneity in Price Responsiveness for Residential Space Heating in Germany

Space heating and hot water expenditures make up the majority of household energy demand in Germany, at 83.2%, making them an attractive target for energy policies. Using a panel dataset derived from yearly residential household surveys covering the years 1996 to 2014, we identify the determinants of heating expenditures for German households. We discover significant heterogeneity in expenditures depending ...

Benefit-Entitlement Effects and the Duration of Unemployment: An Ex-Ante Evaluation of Recent Labour Market Reforms in Germany

Health and the double burden of full-time work and informal care provision - Evidence from administrative data

We analyze the relationship between health and the double burden of both informal care provision and full-time work using administrative data from the second biggest German sickness fund. We have information on more than 7000 caregivers over a period of three years and apply linear panel data and two-part models. As outcome measures we use detailed information on the prescription of five types of drugs. ...

Short- and medium-term effects of informal care provision on female caregivers’ health

In this paper, we present estimates of the effect of informal care provision on female caregivers’ health. We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and assess effects up to seven years after care provision. The results suggest that there is a considerable negative short-term effect of informal care provision on mental health which fades out over time. Five years after care provision the effect ...