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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
This study explores the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and workers’ wellbeing and mental health using longitudinal survey data from Germany (2000-2020). We construct a measure of individual exposure to AI technology based on the occupation in which workers in our sample were first employed and explore an event study design and a difference-in-differences approach to compare AI...
16.07.2025| Luca Stella, University of Milan
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat events. Understanding the impact of heat exposure is crucial due to its wide-ranging economic and social consequences, including increased energy demand, healthcare costs, reduced labor productivity, and exacerbation of social inequities in urban areas. In this context, the project's objective is to investigate the impact of heat...
18.06.2025| Katharina Kolb, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
As Western populations age, more adult children face parental health challenges. Caregiving responsibilities towards parents are becoming crucial concerns for families, healthcare systems, and societies. While this care is essential for elderly well-being, it also demands significant time, energy and emotional resources. Yet, the impact of care provision on caregivers’ lives remains understudied....
04.06.2025| Emma Palladino
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
The talk provides a hopefully not too selective bird’s eye perspective on research revolving around the role of historical change for adult development and aging. Walking in the footsteps of Baltes and Smith, Gerstorf will first summarize the scientifically good news that over the past decades age and aging have become younger in a number of different areas of people’s behaviors and experiences....
21.05.2025| Denis Gerstorf, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
This paper investigates the mental health consequences of spousal death and the role of survivor benefits in mitigating these effects. Using Dutch administrative data and a staggered difference-in-differences, we first document a significant increase in the consumption of benzodiazepines - a proxy for deteriorating mental health - following widowhood (up to +3 percentage points, or +30%, in the...
30.04.2025| Julie Tréguier
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
Health investments are vital for maintaining physical and mental well-being throughout working life, and their importance is amplified with rising retirement ages due to demographic aging. This is the first study to examine if a longer working life causally increases institutionalized health investments. We explore the impact of a German pension reform that raised the retirement age by three years...
12.02.2025| Mia Teschner
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Infographic
29.01.2025
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
Work-limiting disabilities pose a significant risk to the earnings potential and welfare of older workers. While coverage of public disability insurance (DI) systems is almost universal, the risk of becoming dependent on DI varies across occupations. In this paper, I study the value of public DI across different occupations using data from administrative social security records in Germany. I...
29.01.2025| Annica Gehlen
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Refereed essays Web of Science
BackgroundHealth system resilience, the ability of a health system to maintain its functions under stress, has received increasing attention in recent years. Shortcomings in health system resilience are often most visible in the most vulnerable settings, including the care for asylum seekers and refugees. We therefore examined how the German health system responded to challenges and uncertainties during ...
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Social Science & Medicine
381 (2025), 118174, 10 S.
| Rosa Jahn, Clara Perplies, Eilin Rast, Louise Biddle, Andreas W. Gold, Kayvan Bozorgmehr
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Background: Populations experiencing precarity face heightened mental health inequities, especially during crises. In this regard, it is established that socio-economic status (SES) and social isolation are critical factors influencing mental health outcomes, which interact syndemically. Understanding their interrelated mechanisms is crucial for developing effective public health strategies to support ...
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SSM - Population Health
31 (2025), 101822, 16 S.
| Victoria Touzel, Doreen Reifegerste, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Louise Biddle