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Rent-Imputation for Welfare Measurement: A Review of Methodologies and Empirical Findings

Housing should always be included in the construction of the welfare aggregate for welfare analysis. However, assigning a value to the flow of services from dwellings is problematic. Many households own the dwelling in which they live, making this value unobserved; others receive free housing or face prices lower than those at the market. Over the last decades, several estimation techniques have been ...

Family background or the characteristics of children: What determines high school success in Germany?

It is becoming more and more important to be highly skilled in order to integrate successfully into the labor market. Highly skilled workers receive higher wages and face a lower risk of becoming unemployed, compared to poorly qualified workers. We analyze the determinants of successful high school graduation in Germany. As our main database, we use the youth file of GSOEP for the period extending ...

A Comparison of Parametric Models of Income Distribution Across Countries and Over Time

A Feasibility Study to Investigate Integrated Survey Data Collection, Fieldwork Management and Survey Data Processing Systems for Longitudinal Studies

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) commissioned this study to identify potential efficiency gains and quality improvements in the processes relating to survey data collection, data management and dissemination. The study relates particularly to the context of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) and the UK Longitudinal Studies Centre (ULSC) – the two major ESRC investments responsible ...

Do Multiculturalism Policies Erode the Welfare State?

Smoke Signals: The Intergenerational Transmission of Smoking Behavior

Financial Risk Aversion and Household Asset Diversification

Private Households Display Strong Aversion to Investment Risk

The broadest possible diversification of investments is considered an important strategy for minimizing investment risk. Most households in Germany do distribute their financial assets over several types of investment. However, investment behavior is only partially consistent with the overall readiness for risk-taking reported by heads of households. This is demonstrated by a current empirical study ...

Individual risk attitudes and the composition of financial portfolios: Evidence from German household portfolios

Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior

The genetic architecture of human reproductive behavior—age at first birth (AFB) and number of children ever born (NEB)—has a strong relationship with fitness, human development, infertility and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, very few genetic loci have been identified, and the underlying mechanisms of AFB and NEB are poorly understood. We report a large genome-wide association study of ...