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Marginal employment and health in Britain and Germany: does unstable employment predict health?

This study examines the possible health impact of marginal employment, including both temporary and part-time employment schemes. It addresses three research questions: (1) Are employed people with a fixed-term contract or no contract more likely to report poor health than those who hold jobs with permanent contracts? (2) Are part-time employed respondents (even when they hold jobs with permanent contracts) ...

The Risk Attitudes of U.S. Farmers

I compare the distribution of risk attitudes of farm owners in the United States to nonfarm business owners and the general population using a measure of risk tolerance collected from national surveys. I find that farmers are significantly more tolerant of risk than the general population, though they are significantly less tolerant of risk than nonfarm business owners. Once demographic differences ...

Risk-attitude selection bias in subject pools for experiments involving neuroimaging and blood samples

To what extent do fiscal regimes equalize opportunities for income aquisition among Citizens?

Schlaf und Lebenszufriedenheit in Abhängigkeit vom Arbeitszeitmodell

Hintergrund: Während die negativen Effekte von Schichtarbeit auf Schlaf und Gesundheit hinreichend belegt sind, gibt es bislang wenig wissenschaftliche Kenntnis darüber, wie sich weniger extreme Arbeitszeitmodelle auf Schlaf und Befindlichkeit auswirken. Daher wurden in der vorliegenden Studie Schlaf und Wohlbefinden in Abhängigkeit von verschiedenen Arbeitszeitmodellen untersucht. Material und Methoden: ...

Measuring Income Insecurity: Analysis of Income Data from the United States, Britain and Germany

This paper seeks to measure and compare income insecurity in the United States, Great Britain and Germany using household income data from the Cross National Equivalence File (CNEF). As definitive techniques for measuring insecurity are yet to be established we present an explorative methodology based upon the volatility of incomes. Though imperfect, the method is well established in the fields of ...

Engagementstrukturen im Alter zwischen steigenden Potenzialen und veränderten Motivationen und Ansprüchen - Empirische Befunde

Freiwilliges Engagement älterer Menschen in Nordrhein-Westfalen - Potenziale und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten. Bd 1: Ausmaß, Strukturen und sozial-räumliche Voraussetzungen für freiwilliges Engagement im Alter in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Getrennte Eltern: Wann Scheidungskinder Probleme in der Schule haben

Die Einkommensverteilung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Konzepte, Messinstrumente, Datenerhebung und Ergebnisvergleich