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Recently, research on social comparison orientations (SCOs) has shown remarkable inter-individual variation in people’s tendency to compare themselves with others. Whether this variation bears any consequences for social justice research that assumes social comparisons to be a valuable asset in forming images of just earnings is still an unsolved question. This paper takes up this research challenge ...
Bielefeld:
Universität Bielefeld,
2013,
(SFB 882 Working Paper Series No. 22)
| Simone Schneider, Peter Valet
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The recently published data from the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) has revealed that Germany ranks lowest among the OECD countries for educational equalities. This paper examines whether it is the tracking of children into different types of school environments at a particularly early stage of their intellectual development, i.e. at the transition from primary to secondary school, ...
Florence:
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre,
2002,
(Innocenti Working Paper No. 92)
| Sylke Viola Schnepf
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Contributing to a growing literature on sibling correlations, this paper is the first to present results for Germany. On the basis of data from the GSOEP, around one third of the variance or inequality in permanent earnings for men and around one fourth for women can be attributed to family characteristics during childhood. This indicates a slightly lower influence of family on women’s outcomes. The ...
Philadelphia:
2010,
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein
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Around 37 percent of those in paid full-time employment in Germany did not claim their full vacation entitlement last year. The number of vacation days actually taken by each employee was on average three days less than the full entitlement. This equates to around twelve percent of the overall volume of vacation entitlement not being used. This figure is corroborated by data from the German Socio-Economic ...
In:
DIW Economic Bulletin
2 (2012), 2, 25-31
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein
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In the theoretical literature, time and medical services are essential input factors for producing health capital. Based on the idea that individuals can influence their health through health investments, we use a multi-level approach to consider the role of health relevant behaviour in the health production process. We assume that besides medical services, health relevant be-haviour and outcomes are ...
Bayreuth:
University of Bayreuth, Institute of Public Finance,
2009,
(Diskussionspapier 01-09)
| Udo Schneider, Brit S. Schneider
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The importance of the physician-patient relationship for the health care market is beyond controversy. Recent work emphasizes a two-sided asymmetric information relationship between physician and patient. In contrast to most work looking only at the physician’s perspective, our paper concentrates on the patient’s view. Estimation results support the hypotheses that physician consultation and health ...
In:
International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics
8 (2008), 4, 279-300
| Udo Schneider, Volker Ulrich
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This paper explores the effects of insurance parameters and complementary information environment on the patient's primary prevention activity. The theoretical model is based on a principal-agent setting in which the patient acts as an agent in deciding about his prevention efforts. The insurer chooses the coverage level and therefore the level of patient's cost sharing and decides on his ...
In:
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES)
147 (2011), 1, 71-106
| Udo Schneider, Jürgen Zehrt
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We investigate whether non-cognitive skills – in particular Locus of Control – are important determinants of mobility processes for male workers at the low-wage margin. Our results reveal a significant amount of state dependence in low pay even after controlling for non-cognitive skills. Furthermore, compared to individuals with an external Locus of Control, individuals with a more internal Locus of ...
In:
Journal of Economic Psychology
53 (2016), April 2016, 164-177
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein, Jens Stephani
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This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or well-being). Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we estimate sibling correlations and intergenerational correlations in four self-reported measures of well-being: life satisfaction, satisfaction with household income, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with health. We find high sibling ...
In:
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
16 (2016), 1, 125-149
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein, Christoph Wunder
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In this paper, I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to investigate whether and how a German youth's choice of secondary school (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium) varies with the timing and duration of poverty experienced in childhood. To investigate what role the timing of poverty plays, I examine the correlation between educational choices and the poverty status of each child's ...
In:
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of German Socio-Economic Panel Study Users. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung
70 (2001), 1, 172-179
| Anke Schöb