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Impacts of an Ageing Society on Macroeconomics and Income Inequality – The Case of Germany Since the 1980s

Faik, Jürgen - 2012

The discussion paper is concerned with the interplay between demography and macroeconomics on one hand and macroeconomics and income inequality on the other hand. For this purpose, several estimation equations are derived by econometric methods (on the empirical basis of the 1984-2010 German...

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Income Inequality and Poverty in Front of and During the Economic Crisis – An Empirical Investigation for Germany 2002-2010

Faik, Jürgen - 2012

Germany in front of and during the economic crisis 2008-2010. This comprises binary logistic regressions where it is tested …

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A Behaviouristic Approach for Measuring Poverty : The Decomposition Approach - Empirical Illustrations for Germany 1995-2009

Faik, Jürgen - 2013

In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition approach. This method differentiates between various social groups in the sense that for each group a separate poverty line is determined. E. g., household size might be a criterion...

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The Protestant Fiscal Ethic : Religious Confession and Euro Skepticism in Germany

Chadi, Adrian - 2015

countries with Protestant majorities were able to avoid fiscal problems. Survey data show that, within Germany, views on the …

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How Job Changes Affect People's Lives – Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data

Chadi, Adrian - 2015

For representative German panel data, we document that voluntary job switching is associated with higher levels of life satisfaction, though only for some time, whereas forced job changes do not affect life satisfaction clearly. Using plant closures as an exogenous trigger of switching to a new...

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Polarization of Economic Well-Being, Distributional Conflicts, and Perceptions of Inequality in Germany (Wohlstandspolarisierung, Verteilungskonflikte Und Ungleichheitswahrnehmunge...

Faik, Jürgen; Becker, Jens - 2010

resources and the perception of social inequality in Germany will be picked out as a central theme. By means of empirical … by the wellbeing indicator income – has increased in the Federal Republic of Germany during the recent past. This is … includes some dangers for the democracy and the social stability in Germany although in an EU-27 perspective – at least in …

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Subjective and Objective Living Conditions of Unemployed Persons (Subjektive Und Objektive Lebenslagen Von Arbeitslosen)

Faik, Jürgen; Becker, Jens - 2010

The discussion paper picks out the objective and the subjective well-being of the unemployed in Germany compared to the …

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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Equivalence Scales for West Germany Based on Subjective Data on Life Satisfaction

Faik, Jürgen - 2013

German 1984-2010 Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) database for West Germany. It follows the “individual variant” for calculating …

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Employed But Still Unhappy? On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm

Chadi, Adrian - 2011

In the modern welfare state, people who cannot make a living usually receive financial assistance from public funds. Accordingly, the so-called social work norm against living off other people is violated, which may be the reason why the unemployed are so unhappy. If so, however, labour market...

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