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SOEPpapers 846 / 2016
We propose a new non-linear regression model for rating dependent variables. The rating scale model accounts for the upper and lower bounds of ratings. Parametric and semi-parametric estimation is discussed. An application investigates the relationship between stated health satisfaction and physical and mental health scores derived from self-reports of various health impairments, using data from the ...
2016| Raphael Studer, Rainer Winkelmann
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SOEPpapers 843 / 2016
Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working-time mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired work hours) on mental health, as measured by the Mental Component Summary Score from the SF-12. Fixed effects and dynamic linear models are estimated, which, together with the longitudinal nature of the data, enable person-specific ...
2016| Steffen Otterbach, Mark Wooden, Yin King Fok
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Refereed essays Web of Science
We provide new evidence on the impact of one severe weather event on child height in Mongolia. While previous studies mostly focus on rainfall shocks in tropical or dry climate areas, our focus is on the extremely harsh winter that hit Mongolia in 2009–10. The severe winter—locally referred to as a dzud—caused catastrophic damage and resulted in the death of 10.3 million livestock. Our analysis identifies ...
In:
World Development
86 (2016), S. 59-78
| Valeria Groppo, Kati Krähnert
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Refereed essays Web of Science
We use single equation and system instrumental variable models to explore if individuals smoke during times of stress (the motivation effect) and if they are successful in self-medicating short-term stress (the self-medication effect). Short-term stress is a powerful motivator of smoking, and the decision to smoke could trigger biological feedback that immediately reduces short-term stress. We use ...
In:
Economics and Human Biology
22 (2016), S. 94-102
| Michael F. Pesko, Christopher F. Baum
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SOEPpapers 835 / 2016
Research from the United States has supported two hypotheses about health inequality. First, educational gaps in health widen with age – the cumulative advantage hypothesis. Second, this relationship has intensified across cohorts – the rising importance hypothesis. In this article, we estimate hierarchical linear models using 22 waves of panel data (SOEP, 1992–2013) to test both hypotheses in the ...
2016| Liliya Leopold, Thomas Leopold
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Bad moods are considered “bad” not only because they may be aversive experiences in and of themselves, but also because they are associated with poorer psychosocial functioning and health. We propose that people differ in their negative affect valuation (NAV; the extent to which negative affective states are valued as pleasant, useful/helpful, appropriate, and meaningful experiences) and that affect–health ...
In:
Emotion
16 (2016), 32, S. 387-401
| Gloria Luong, Cornelia Wrzus, Gert G. Wagner, Michaela Riediger
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Externe Monographien
This paper sets out a framework for the analysis of public investments, tangible and intangible, at the level of detail needed for the economic analysis of impacts of public policies influencing economic growth. To do this, we broaden the concept of capital in the public sector from that which is mostly tangible (e.g. physical infrastructure) to that which also includes intangibles and long-lasting ...
Valencia:
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas,
2016,
39 S.
(SPINTAN Working Paper Series ; 9)
| Erika Schulz, Laura Beckmann
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SOEPpapers 828 / 2016
Since the 1980s researchers are investigating the beneficial effects of pets on human health. The current state of research is characterized by heterogeneity of results, rarity of longitudinal analysis, few studies with German population and search for moderators and mediators in order to explain the possible association. The present study aims at examining the (possibly differential) impact of dogs ...
2016| Marie S. C. Böhm, Simone Freitag
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SOEPpapers 830 / 2016
This thesis analyzes the link between alcohol consumption and labor market outcomes, such as income, employment or hazard rate of leaving unemployment. It does so by using panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) forthe period 2006 until 2010. While cross-sectional methods show a positive relationship between non-abusive alcohol consumption and labor market outcomes, fixed effects methods ...
2016| Patrick Keller
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Educational attainment is associated with many health outcomes, including longevity. It is also known to be substantially heritable. Here, we used data from three large genetic epidemiology cohort studies (Generation Scotland, n = ∼17,000; UK Biobank, n = ∼115,000; and the Estonian Biobank, n = ∼6,000) to test whether education-linked genetic variants can predict lifespan length. We did so by using ...
In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
113 (2016), 47, S. 13366-13371
| Riccardo E. Marioni, Stuart J. Ritchie, Peter K. Joshi, Peter Eibich, Martin Kroh ...