Discussion und Working Papers

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Early life adversity and children’s competence development: evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk

    This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Health Care Expenditures and Longevity: Is There a Eubie Blake Effect?

    It is still an open question whether increasing life expectancy as such is causing higher health care expenditures (HCE) in a population. According to the "red herring" hypothesis, the positive correlation…