[…] particular we would like to understand if differences in the reported job dissatisfaction between European countries reflect a rescaling of the dissatisfaction measures or, also, a different impact of the job dissatisfaction determinants. To this aim we estimate dissatisfaction models separately by country using fixed effects logit models. We test the equality of the […]

[…] regional and ethnic disaggregation not previously available for the UK. There is considerable heterogeneity in poverty levels between ethnic groups and across regions. Pakistanis and Bangladeshi-headed households fare particularly badly and there is ethnic variation in the impact of region on poverty rates. Over time there is some evidence of between-group convergence in poverty rates.

We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is […]

[…] decision to migrate is based on the expected benefits of moving relative to the costs. However for couple households the migration decision is complicated by its potential impact on the employment, earnings, and well-being of both spouses. In particular, dual-earner families, which are more and more prevalent, may face a situation where one spouse […]

[…] show that the both the form of the incentive, gift or money, and the way in which the incentive is delivered to the respondent has a measurable impact on response rates. A monetary incentive sent to the respondent in advance of the interview has the greatest effect on increasing response, regardless of the amount […]

[…] on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS, Australian HILDA) we investigate a) the selectivity of item-non-response (INR) and b) the impact of imputation as a prominent means to cope with this type of measurement error on prototypical analyses (income inequality, income mobility and wage regressions) in a […]

[…] less likely to marry someone like themselves. We take advantage of two datasets which have diary-based information on time use of both couple members to test the impact of homogamy on similarity of family beliefs, of work patterns, and of leisure activities, while controlling for family circumstances. Further, as one of the datasets is […]

[…] increasingly view domestic pets as befoulers of pavements and green spaces as well as producers of hairs which allegedly cause asthma among children. This paper examines the impact of living with domestic pets on daily activity patterns using three data sets, comparing the daily activity patterns, particularly time in travel, time in paid and […]