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Understanding Cross-National Differences in Unit Non-Response: The Role of Contact Data

German Public Finances through the Financial Crisis

Abstract The German experience of the financial crisis was very different from that of most other European countries. Germany was hit by a very strong shock that was relatively concentrated in the exporting, manufacturing industries. In addition, the German labour market was very resilient during the crisis due to earlier labour market reforms and policy instruments facilitating labour hoarding. As ...

Context, Skills and Social Progress: Evidence from Germany

This study provides life-cycle evidence on the relationship between childhood investments (contexts), cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and life out-comes (social progress). From a policy perspective, societies are interested in generating high levels of social progress. We therefore investigate how Germany performs in terms of aggregate social progress and how individual life success is generated ...

Changes in Educational Opportunities in the Federal Republic of Germany. A Longitudinal Study of Cohorts Born between 1916 and 1965

Sport for all in aging societies - Findings from Germany

Cohort effects in physical inactivity. A neglected category and its health economical implications

Demographic and economic factors influencing inclusion in the German sport system - a microanalysis of the years 1985 to 2005

Decreasing Sports Activity With Increasing Age? Findings From a 20-year Longitudinal and Cohort Sequence Analysis

According to cross-sectional studies in sport science literature, decreasing sports activity with increasing age is generally assumed. In this paper, the validity of this assumption is checked by applying more effective methods of analysis, such as longitudinal and cohort sequence analyses. With the help of 20 years' worth of data records,from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the development of ...

Testing Missing at Random Using Instrumental Variables

This article proposes a test for missing at random (MAR). The MAR assumption is shown to be testable given instrumental variables which are independent of response given potential outcomes. A nonparametric testing procedure based on integrated squared distance is proposed. The statistic?s asymptotic distribution under the MAR hypothesis is derived. In particular, our results can be applied to testing ...

Is there a "dead-anyway" effect in willingness to pay for risk reduction?

In a recent paper, Pratt and Zeckhauser (JPE, 1996) discuss the measure of individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for the reduction of risks to their lives which should be used for public decisions on risk-reducing projects. They suggest to correct observed WTP for the "dead-anyway" effect, which says that WTP increases with the level of risk to which the individual is exposed - an effect ...