Mit den Daten des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) und der Methode der Mehrzustands-Sterbetafel wird erstmals die aktive Lebenserwartung für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland berechnet. Mit Hilfe ereignisanalytischer Analysen werden Unterschiede in der Wirkung einzelner Einflussfaktoren auf Mortalität und Morbidität untersucht. Zu den Ergebnissen gehört, dass Männer durchschnittlich absolut weniger Lebensjahre ...
This paper takes a comparative approach to the topic of work time and health, asking whether weekly work hours matter for mental health. We hypothesize that these relationships differ within the United States and Germany, given the more regulated work time environments within Germany and the greater incentives to work long hours in the United States. We further hypothesize that German women will experience ...
Over the last years, political and scientific debates have stressed the growing importance of adult education. Currently important research questions call not only for data sources that collect detailed information on adult education with repeated measurements and in different cohorts, but they should also include data on other life spheres such as education and working histories, partnership and household ...