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Fertility Effects of Child Benefits

We exploit the 1996 reform of the German child benefit program to identify the causal effect of heterogeneous child benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a difference-in-difference setting. We apply ...

Patterns of Welfare Dependence Before and After a Reform: Evidence from First Generation Immigrants and Natives in Germany

This paper studies the patterns of welfare dependence among first generation immigrants and natives in Germany before and after a substantial recent reform of the welfare system. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, the analysis presents life cycle trajectories of transfer receipt for immigrants and natives and studies the correlation between contextual factors and transfer receipt. ...

State Dependence in Welfare Receipt: Transitions Before and After a Reform

We study state dependence in welfare receipt and investigate whether welfare transitions changed after a welfare reform. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we apply dynamic multinomial logit estimators and find that state dependence in welfare receipt is not a central feature of the German welfare system. We find that welfare transitions changed after the reform: transitions from welfare ...

Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant differences for different types of vocational ...

The Transition´s Mortality Crisis in East Germany

Several studies have indicated an increase in men's mortality in East Germany between 1989 and 1991 in the wake of the reunification of 1990. For some age-groups, death rates soared by up to thirty per cent. This study investigates the evolution and the causes of such ashort term demographic crisis. A preliminary analysis clearly indicates that the reported mortality growth is not just a statistical ...

The Mortality Crisis in East Germany

Considerations of Efficiency and Distributive Justice in Multidimensional Poverty Measurement (Dissertation)

Multidimensional Poverty in Germany: A Capability Approach

The German government decided to use Amartya Sen's capability approach as the conceptual framework for the national ‘Poverty and Wealth Reports’ but concluded at the same time that the purely income-based at-risk-of-poverty rate (AROPR) is a satisfactory instrument to operationalise the capability approach. This decision made the latter the official measure to analyse poverty in Germany. This ...

Are investment decisions of firms influenced by local happiness? Evidence from Germany

This thesis investigates the relationship between local happiness and firm investment decisions in Germany for the period 2000 to2015. Investments in capital and research and development (R&D) are hypothesized to be effected by the sentimental setting of decision makers due to their inherent risk and long-term characteristics. The analysis finds no evidence that capital expenditures are correlated ...

The 'healthy migrant effect' - not merely a fallacy of inaccurate denominator figures

Ringbäck Weitoft et al. present intriguing evidence indicating that the lower mortality among immigrants compared to the host population in register studies could largely be explained by inaccurate denominator figures. Their findings suggest that immigrants to Sweden, particularly those from Turkey and Southern Europe, frequently remain registered on the national population registry even after returning ...