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For some years now the German Government has been imposing increasingly strict job search requirements on unemployed people. One aim of current policy is to ensure that, if citizens accept unemployment benefits, they must actively search for work. Clearly, case managers try to match jobs to the qualifications of their clients, but it is generally required that individuals must take any job they are ...
In:
Weekly Report
5 (2009), 11, 75-80
| Bruce Headey
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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
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In:
Peggy McCardle, Sandra McCune, James A. Griffin, Valerie Maholmes ,
How Animals Affect Us: Examining the Influence of Human–Animal Interaction on Child Development and Human Health
Washington: American Psychological Association
153-162
| Bruce Headey, Markus M. Grabka
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Findings from many behavioral genetic studies utilizing the classical twin design suggest that genetic and non-shared environmental effects play a significant role in human personality traits. This study focuses on the methodological advantages of extending the sampling frame to include multiple dyads of relatives. We investigated the sensitivity of heritability estimates to the inclusion of sibling ...
In:
Behavior Genetics
42 (2012), 2, 221-233
| Elisabeth Hahn, Frank M. Spinath, Thomas Siedler, Gert G. Wagner, Jürgen Schupp, Christian Kandler