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Long working hours and depressive symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data

OBJECTIVES: This systematic review and meta-analysis combined published study-level data and unpublished individual-participant data with the aim of quantifying the relation between long working hours and the onset of depressive symptoms. METHODS: We searched PubMed and Embase for published prospective cohort studies and included available cohorts with unpublished individual-participant data. We used ...

Long working hours and alcohol use: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data

Objective: To quantify the association between long working hours and alcohol use.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data. Data sources: A systematic search of PubMed and Embase databases in April 2014 for published studies, supplemented with manual searches. Unpublished individual participant data were obtained from 27 additional ...

Validating an Ultra-Short Survey Measure of Patience

This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative sample of the German adult population.

Changes in Germany's Bahk-Based Financial System: Varieties of Capitalism Perspective

Global and disaggregated measures of earnings mobility: Evidence from five European countries

This paper offers the first application of the local approximation method pioneered by Schluter and Trede (2003) for the Shorrocks mobility indices across the earnings distribution for a range of European Countries covering the main European social models: Denmark, Germany, Spain, the UK and Italy in the pre-accession EU (1994-2001). This insightful approach allows us to offer a global and disaggregate ...

Differences in Labour Supply and Income of Women in the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany - A comparative analysis of the effect of taxes and social premiums (Dissertation)

Incentive and Action: Work and Income Decisions at the Intersection of the Labour Market and the Welfare State

The Stability and Change of PSM-Related Values Across Time: Testing Theoretical Expectations Against Panel Data

This article is a response to calls in prior research that we need more longitudinal analyses to better understand the foundations of PSM and related prosocial values. There is wide agreement that it is crucial for theory-building but also for tailoring hiring practices and human resource development programs to sort out whether PSM-related values are stable or developable. The article summarizes existent ...

Contextual effects on individual development of subjective well-being in the second half of life

Lifespan psychology and life course sociology have long acknowledged the role of context for individual functioning and development throughout life. Consistent with these conceptual notions, empirical studies show that various contextual factors influence development of individual-level outcomes. However, we know little about how contextual factors shape individual-level well-being and how well-being ...

Terminal decline in well-being differs between residents in East Germany and West Germany

Lifespan research has long been interested in how contexts shape individual development. Using the separation and later reunification of Germany as a kind of natural experiment we examine whether and how living and dying in the former East or West German context has differentially shaped late-life development of well-being. We apply multi-level growth models to annual reports of life satisfaction collected ...