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Adequate hydration is essential for health, with even mild forms of dehydration often having negative effects on cognition and well-being. Despite evidence of higher risk for dehydration among older adults, links between dehydration and cognitive or well-being outcomes have not been established in old age. In this study, we used longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study II (age range 60–89) to ...
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Psychology and Aging
35 (2020), 4, S. 517–528
| Konstantinos Mantantzis, Johanna Drewelies, Sandra Duezel, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Ilja Demuth, Gert G. Wagner, Ulman Lindenberger, Denis Gerstorf
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This paper provides the first comprehensive review of the empirical and theoretical literature on the determinants of the elasticity of substitution between capital and labor. Our focus is on the two-input constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function. We start by presenting four concise observations that summarize the empirical literature on the estimation of σ. Motivated by these observations, ...
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Journal of Economic Surveys
34 (2020), 4, S. 847-875
| Michael Knoblach, Fabian Stöckl
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In contrast to international trade, it is still difficult to find regionaltrade statistics within a nation. Given that the gravity model con-tinues to be very popular, we test two gravity-RAS approaches usedfor interregional trade estimation: a standard one and an extendedversion, which additionally estimates intra-regional flows. We assessthe accuracy with the help of two measures and for different ...
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Economic Systems Research
32 (2020), 4, S. 521–539
| Julio G. Fournier Gabela
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This paper evaluates how a light-touch parenting program for parents of children below school entry age affects maternal family well-being. We analyze data from a randomized controlled trial focusing on non-disadvantaged parents. Overall, results show no short-term effects but a relatively large positive effect of the intervention on maternal family well-being in the medium term. With a 20- to 30-percent ...
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The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
20 (2020),4, 20200084, 26 S.
| Georg F. Camehl, C. Katharina Spiess, Kurt Hahlweg
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Differences in mortality by socio-economic position (SEP) are well established, but there is uncertainty as to which dimension of SEP is most important in what context. This study compares the relationship between three SEP dimensions and mortality in Finland, during the periods 1990–97 and 2000–07, and to existing results for Sweden. We use an 11% random sample from the Finnish population with information ...
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Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
11 (2020), 4, S. 551-585
| Rasmus Hoffmann, Hannes Kröger, Lasse Tarkiainen, Pekka Martikainen
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A well-planned electric transmission infrastructure is the foundation of a reliable and efficient power system, especially in the presence of large scale renewable generation. However, the current electricity market designs lack incentive mechanisms which can guarantee optimal transmission investments and ensure reliable integration of renewable generation such as wind. This paper first proposes a ...
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Networks and Spatial Economics
20 (2020), 4, S. 1029–1068
| Dina Khastieva, Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh, Ingo Vogelsang, Juan Rosellón
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Research on the consequences of starting in overeducation often focuses on either secondary or tertiary graduates. We focus on both within one country, Germany. While matching and search models imply the improvement of initial overeducation, human capital theory and stigma associated with overeducation predict entrapment. The strongly skill- and occupation-based labour market for the vocationally trained ...
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European Sociological Review
36 (2020), 3, S. 413–428
| Paul Schmelzer, Thorsten Schneider
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The measurement scale of exam scores is ordinal. This ordinal measurement implies that monotonic transformations of published scales convey the same information. Hence, countries should not be ranked according to averaged scores because there may be transformations that would change the mean-based rankings. We suggest alternatives to the mean-based ranking procedure that yield informative and robust ...
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Journal of Economics
129 (2020), 3, S. 271-296
| Carsten Schröder, Shlomo Yitzhaki
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We introduce a selection model‐based multilevel imputation approach to be used within the fully conditional specification framework for multiple imputation. Concretely, we apply a censored bivariate probit model to describe binary variables assumed to be missing not at random. The first equation of the model defines the regression model for the missing data mechanism. The second equation specifies ...
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Journal of the Royal Statistical Society / Series C
69 (2020), 3, S. 547–564
| Angelina Hammon, Sabine Zinn
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ObjectiveThis article looks at couples' migration decision making processes and their gender‐specific employment consequences after migration to Germany.BackgroundInternational migration has evolved into a common experience for couples around the globe. Previous research has focused on the internal migration of couples and families. This article is the first to consider couples' international migration ...
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Journal of Marriage and Family
82 (2020), 3, S. 934-952
| Magdalena Krieger