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  • SOEPpapers 97 / 2008

    Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years

    In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study are used to ...

    2008| John Cawley, C. Katharina Spieß
  • SOEPpapers 111 / 2008

    Gender, Migration, Remittances: Evidence from Germany

    Gender-specific determinants of remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In 2007, about 7.3 million foreigners were living in Germany. While the total number of foreigners has decreased over the last decade, female migration to Germany has increased. A feminization of migration is observable all over the world, and is changing gender roles in the households of ...

    2008| Elke Holst, Andrea Schäfer, Mechthild Schrooten
  • SOEPpapers 115 / 2008

    Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany

    Welfare-oriented analyses of economic outcome measures such as income and wealth generally rest on the assumption of pooled and equally shared resources among all household members. Yet the lack of individual-level data hampers the distribution of income and wealth within the ousehold context. Based on unique individual-level wealth data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper challenges ...

    2008| Eva M. Sierminska, Joachim R. Frick, Markus M. Grabka
  • SOEPpapers 161 / 2009

    Female Labor Supply and Parental Leave Benefits: The Causal Effect of Paying Higher Transfers for a Shorter Period of Time

    We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects.

    2009| Annette Bergemann, Regina T. Riphahn
  • SOEPpapers 156 / 2009

    Do Smart Parents Raise Smart Children? The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Abilities

    Complementing prior research on income mobility and educational transmission, we provide evidence on the intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Our estimates suggest that individuals' cognitive skills are positively related to the abilities of their parents, even when educational attainment and family background is controlled for. ...

    2009| Silke Anger, Guido Heineck
  • SOEPpapers 173 / 2009

    SOEP as a Source for Research on Ageing: Issues, Measures and Possibilities for Improvement

    Demographic change is a key consequence of the development of modern societies. The prolongation of life expectancy, shifts of mortality into later life and long-term low fertility rates cause essential changes in population structures - with an increase in the number and proportion of older people as a key feature. The changes in mortality patterns can be seen as a success of modern society. But demographic ...

    2009| Laura Romeu Gordo, Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Susanne Wurm
  • SOEPpapers 178 / 2009

    Maternal Employment and Happiness: The Effect of Non-Participation and Part-Time Employment on Mothers' Life Satisfaction

    In contrast to unemployment, the effect of non-participation and parttime employment on subjective well-being has much less frequently been the subject of economists' investigations. In Germany, many women with dependent children are involuntarily out of the labor force or in part-time employment because of family constraints (e.g., due to lack of available and appropriate childcare). Using data from ...

    2009| Eva M. Berger
  • SOEPpapers 197 / 2009

    Intra-household Time Allocation: Gender Differences in Caring for Children

    Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels für Deutschland (SOEP), inwieweit selbständige Ausländer in Deutschland überdurchschnittlich hohe Einkommen erzielen. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass ausländische Selbständige insgesamt höhere Einkommen erzielen als angestellt tätige Ausländer und dass der Unterschied größer ist als bei Selbständigen deutscher Nationalität. ...

    2009| Inmaculada García, José Alberto Molina, Víctor M. Montuenga
  • SOEPpapers 213 / 2009

    Duration of Maternity Leave in Germany: A Case Study of Nonparametric Hazard Models and Penalized Splines

    The paper investigates maternity leave behavior in West Germany for females being employed between 1995 and 2006 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The observational study focuses on the investigation of individual and family-related covariate effects on the duration of maternity leave following first or second childbirth, respectively. Dynamic duration time models are used in which covariate ...

    2009| Torben Kuhlenkasper, Göran Kauermann
  • Diskussionspapiere 871 / 2009

    Parental Income and Child Health in Germany

    We use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the UK. The relationship in Germany is about as strong in the US and stronger than in theUK. However, in contrast to US results, we do not find that the disadvantages ...

    2009| Steffen Reinhold, Hendrik Jürges
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