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Heterogeneity in Item Non-Response on Income and Wealth Questions

Item Non-Response on Income and Wealth Questions

This study investigates the mechanisms determining item nonresponse focusing on three issues: First, is there significant heterogeneity in item non-response across financial questions and in the association of covariates with item non-response across outcomes? Second, can the informational value of surveys be improved by matching interviewers and respondents based on their characteristics? Third, how ...

Absenteeism and Employment Probation - A Panel Study for Germany

Behavioral Effects of Probation Periods: An Analysis of Worker Absenteeism

New evidence on the complementarity of education and training

Population Aging and Trends in the Provision of Work-Place Training

This study investigates whether the incidence and distribution of work-place training has changed as the German workforce commenced its demographic aging process. As the lifespan in productive employment lengthens human capital investments for older workers become increasingly worthwhile. Using data taken from two different German population surveys we describe recent trends in the development of human ...

Incentive Effects in the Demand for Health Care: A Bivariate Panel Count Data Estimation

Fertility Effects of Child Benefits

We exploit the 1996 reform of the German child benefit program to identify the causal effect of heterogeneous child benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a difference-in-difference setting. We apply ...

Patterns of Welfare Dependence Before and After a Reform: Evidence from First Generation Immigrants and Natives in Germany

This paper studies the patterns of welfare dependence among first generation immigrants and natives in Germany before and after a substantial recent reform of the welfare system. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, the analysis presents life cycle trajectories of transfer receipt for immigrants and natives and studies the correlation between contextual factors and transfer receipt. ...

State Dependence in Welfare Receipt: Transitions Before and After a Reform

We study state dependence in welfare receipt and investigate whether welfare transitions changed after a welfare reform. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we apply dynamic multinomial logit estimators and find that state dependence in welfare receipt is not a central feature of the German welfare system. We find that welfare transitions changed after the reform: transitions from welfare ...