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In:
John Ermisch, Markus Jäntti, Timothy M. Smeeding ,
From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage
New York: Russell Sage Foundation
311-344
| Massimiliano Bratti, Lorenzo Cappellari, Olaf Groh-Samberg, Henning Lohmann
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Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2008,
(IZA DP No. 3907)
| Massimiliano Bratti, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
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Considering the increasing attention on efficient use of energy, it becomes vitally important to understand the energy-related behavior of households. This article presents empirical evidence on the determinants of the space heating technology applied by a household. Three sets of variables are examined as potential influences—building, socio-economic, and regional characteristics. To highlight both ...
In:
Energy Policy
38 (2010), 10, 5493-5503
| Frauke G. Braun
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Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2009,
| Frauke G. Braun, Fiorenza Carraro
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Konstanz:
1993,
(Sfb 178-Diskussionspapier Serie II - Nr. 200)
| Beatrix Brecht, Leo Brecht
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In:
Statistical Papers
37 (1996), 2, 165-176
| Beatrix Brecht, Leo Brecht
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In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study the effects of minimum wages on labor supply using a structural household model where we distinguish between married and single households. In the model, labor supply of married women reacts positively and relatively strongly to minimum wages which we model as a wage subsidy as proposed ...
Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2012,
(IZA DP No. 6892)
| Christian Bredemeier, Falko Juessen
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The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals adapted to these changed rulings in terms of labor supply, the intra-household allocation of leisure, and marital stability. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and conduct a difference-in-difference analysis to investigate couples’ behavioral responses to the reform. The ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2017,
(SOEPpapers 942)
| Julia Bredtmann, Christina Vonnahme
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Luxembourg:
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS),
2008,
(Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 503)
| Richard Breen, Cecilia García-Peñalosa, Elsa Orgiazzi
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In their widely cited study, Shavit and Blossfeld report stability of socioeconomic inequalities in educational attainment over much of the 20th century in 11 out of 13 countries. This article outlines reasons why one might expect to find declining class inequalities in educational attainment, and, using a large data set, the authors analyze educational inequality among cohorts born in the first twothirds ...
In:
American Journal of Sociology
114 (2009), 5, 1475–1521
| Richard Breen, Ruud Luijkx, Walter Müller, Reinhard Pollak