Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Wives' Economic Contribution to the Household Income in Japan with Cross-national Perspective

Widowhood Later in Life in Japan: Considering Social Security System in Aging Society

Delay in Marriage and Income Inequality in Japan: The Impact of the Increased Number of Unmarried Adults Living with Their Parents on the Household Economy

The continuous decline in the fertility rate has been witnessed since 1980 in Japan. Japan’s total fertility rate in 2005 is 1.32, which is far below the replacement rate, 2.08. One of the main reasons for declining the fertility rate is the delay in marriage or even shy away from marriage among young adults. In this paper, looking at youth in terms of their relation to the household, we will examine ...

School Hours and Maternal Labor Supply

This paper examines the effect of extending the primary school day on maternal labor supply. I exploit the staggered nature of the recent German reform to extend school hours and assess whether or not gaining access to a full day school increases the likelihood that mothers enter into the labor market or extend their hours worked if already employed. I use the German Socio-Economic Panel data set (GSOEP) ...

Stressed by Your Job: What Is the Role of Personnel Policy?

Work-related stress can lead to substantial health problems and thereby result in immense costs for establishments. Therefore, the question as to what extent establishments contribute to their employees’ stress levels is of great importance for firm performance. In this paper, the relationship between personnel policy and work-related stress is investigated by considering a series of human resource ...

Early Retirement in West Germany: A Hazard Rate Model in Discrete Time

The Impact of Health on Retirement Behaviour: Empirical Evidence from West Germany

The pension incentive to retire - Empirical evidence for West Germany

Essays in Behavioural Economics

The goal of behavioural economics is to improve classic microeconomic theory by introducing motives and concepts from related fields like psychology and sociology. The driving paradigm of most neo-classical economic research is the concept of the Homo Oeconomicus, a human who approaches all problems in a rational and typically selfish way and who possesses boundless computational power and flawless ...

Life Satisfaction in Adult Survivors of Cancer During Adolescence: What Contributes to the Latter Satisfaction of Life?

Purpose To compare the general and health-related life satisfaction (LS) in long-term survivors of adolescent cancer with a community sample and to identify medical and psychosocial factors associated with LS. Methods LS of 820 survivors (ageM = 30.4 ± 6.0 years; time since diagnosis M = 13.7 ± 6.0 years) was assessed with the Questions on Life Satisfaction (FLZM) and compared to an age- and sex-matched ...