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This article decomposes fluctuations in the German unemployment rate into changes in inflows (job separation) and outflows (job finding). For this purpose, we construct and examine monthly labour market transition rates from the West German sample of the SOEP (and the CPS) for the period 1984–2009. We explicitly take account of the low level of labour market transition rates in Germany. Our article ...
In:
Oxford Economic Papers - New Series
67 (2015), 4, 1078-1095
| Matthias S. Hertweck, Oliver Sigrist
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In the last 20 years, German policy makers have reformed the pension system and the labor market with the aim of prolonging working life. As a consequence, older workers’ employment rate and average retirement age rose. In addition to the actual behavior of today’s retiree cohorts, the reforms also influence the expected retirement age of future pensioners, the development of which will be investigated ...
In:
Societies
8 (2018), 3, 50
| Moritz Hess
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The article analyzes the question of whether career politicians differ systematically from the general population in terms of their attitudes toward risk. A written survey of members of the 17th German Bundestag in late 2011 identified their risk attitudes, and the survey data was set in relation to respondents to the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the survey year 2009 (2002 through 2012). ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2013,
(SOEPpapers 546)
| Moritz Heß, Christian von Scheve, Jürgen Schupp, Gert G. Wagner
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Influential economists, like Bruno S. Frey and Richard Layard, are advocating that the standard approach in economics of inferring utility from changes in consumption and leisure should be augmented or replaced by use of subjective measures. But psychologists claim that adult life satisfaction (or happiness) is more or less fixed; it has a "set-point" which is largely determined by genetic ...
In:
Weekly Report
5 (2009), 4, 26-30
| Bruce Headey
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Set-point theory is the main research paradigm in the field of subjective well-being (SWB). It has been extended and refined for 30 years to take in new results. The central plank of the theory is that adult set-points do not change, except temporarily in the face of major life events. There was always some 'discordant data', including evidence that some events are so tragic (e.g. the death ...
In:
Social Indicators Research
97 (2010), 1, 7-21
| Bruce Headey
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A crucial debate in policy-making as well as academic circles is whether there is a trade-off between economic efficiency and the size/generosity of the welfare state. One way to contribute to this debate is to compare the performance of ‘best cases’ of different types of state. Arguably, in the decade 1985-94, the US, West Germany and the Netherlands were ‘best cases’ - best economic performers - ...
In:
Social Indicators Research
50 (2000), 2, 115-157
| Bruce Headey, et al.
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In:
Social Indicators Research
36 (1995), 3, 247-273
| Bruce Headey, Rudolph Andorka, Peter Krause
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In:
Proceedings of the 1998 Third International Conference of the GSOEP Study Users. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung
68 (1999), 2, 153-163
| Bruce Headey, Robert E. Goodin, Ruud J. A. Muffels, Henk-Jan Dirven
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Previous cross-sectional and intervention studies have suggested that pet owners may enjoy better physical and mental health than non-owners. This paper presents longitudinal evidence from a major national representative longitudinal survey: the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Because the data are longitudinal, it is possible to assess the impact on health outcomes (measured by number of doctor ...
Berlin:
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin),
2004,
(DIW Discussion Paper No. 434)
| Bruce Headey, Markus M. Grabka
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In:
Social Indicators Research
80 (2007), 2, 297-311
| Bruce Headey, Markus M. Grabka