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Spousal Similarity in Life Satisfaction Before and After Divorce

Previous research has explored possible origins of individual differences in subjective well-being, focusing largely on stable, internal characteristics of traits as predictors of life satisfaction (Diener & Lucas, 1999). Although past work has demonstrated that life satisfaction is largely stable over the life span, other evidence has also demonstrated the lasting impact of life events. In this ...

How have employment transitions for older workers in Germany and the UK changed?

Extending working life is an objective for many nations. However, the UK government has recently reported only modest improvement “compared to many nations”. A comparison of European, Labour Force Surveys show that Germany has reversed early retirement much faster than the UK since 2003. This was not forecast by previous researchers. In particular, Ebbinghaus’ influential cross-national analysis of ...

Household Structure and Measurement of Poverty

Child Care Costs and Mothers' Labor Supply: An Empirical Analysis for Germany

The Excess Demand for Subsidized Child Care in Germany

An Evaluation of Recent Child Care Reforms in Germany

Evaluating Family Policy Reforms Using Behavioral Microsimulation - The Example of Childcare and Income Tax Reforms in Germany (Dissertation)

Labor Supply and Child Care Choices in a Rationed Child Care Market (substantially revised version)

This paper presents an empirical framework for the analysis of mothers' labor supply and child care choices, explicitly taking into account access restrictions to subsidized child care. This is particularly important for countries such as Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a discrete choice panel data model ...

Income Taxation and its Family Components in France and Germany: A Comparison of Distributional Effects

A New Approach for Assessing Sleep Duration and Postures from Ambulatory Accelerometry

Interest in the effects of sleeping behavior on health and performance is continuously increasing–both in research and with the general public. Ecologically valid investigations of this research topic necessitate the measurement of sleep within people’s natural living contexts. We present evidence that a new approach for ambulatory accelerometry data offers a convenient, reliable, and valid measurement ...