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Retiring Intentions: The Role of Conflict With the Boss and Health

This paper explores the retirement intentions of employees and the factors that influence those intentions. Conflicts between employees and their superiors, as well as the role health plays in this conflict, were analysed using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data. The results showed that both conflicts and individual’s health status play a role in retirement decisions. Conflict with superiors is significantly ...

On the Power of Childhood Impressions for Skill Formation: Initial Evidence and Unsettled Questions

Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto separated, research lines, one from economics, one from psychology, to discuss the relationship between childhood ...

Bildungsanstrengungen verbessern für benachteiligte Kinder und Jugendliche

Business start-ups by the unemployed - an econometric analysis based on firm data

From Unemployment to Self-Employment - Public Promotion and Selectivity

Gregariousness, Interactive Jobs and Wages

Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications for labour market outcomes. The paper examines, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) demonstrate that gregarious people more often work in ...

A Socio-economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness

Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth questionnaires, approximately 13% of young people in Germany between the ages of 17 and 19 are disconnected. The percentage of disconnected youths has been on the rise since ...

Disconnected Young Adults in Germany: Initial Evidence

Disconnectedness among young adults can have several dimensions. From a socioeconomic viewpoint, failure in school, unemployment and the lack of a partner are among the most important ones. In our sample of respondents to the SOEP Youth Questionnaire, approximately 13% of young people had been socio-economically disconnected at least once between the ages of 17 and 19. The percentage of disconnected ...

Erträge von Bildungsinvestitionen

Fiskalische und individuelle Bildungsrenditen - aktuelle Befunde für Deutschland

In dieser Studie werden auf der Basis eines Mikrosimulationsmodells fiskalische und individuelle Nettoerträge und Renditen von Bildungsinvestitionen in Deutschland untersucht. Dabei wird ein Studium mit einer Berufsausbildung und eine Berufsausbildung mit der Alternative weder Berufsausbildung noch Studium verglichen. Nach unseren Ergebnissen liegt die fiskalische Bildungsrendite bezogen auf das Jahr ...