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Quantifying the Psychological Costs of Unemployment : The Role of Permanent Income
Knabe, Andreas; Raetzel, Steffen - 2008
Unemployment causes significant losses in the quality of life. In addition to reducing individual income, it also creates non-pecuniary, psychological costs. We quantify these non-pecuniary losses by using the life satisfaction approach. In contrast to previous studies, we apply Friedman's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220104
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096398
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101872
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092781
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Low-Wage Jobs – Stepping Stone or Poverty Trap?
Knabe, Andreas - 2014
We examine whether low-paid jobs have an effect on the occupational advancement probability of unemployed persons to obtain better-paid jobs in the future (stepping-stone effect). We make use of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and apply a dynamic random-effects probit model. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068798
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199252
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199253
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Unemployment as a Social Norm in Germany
Clark, Andrew; Knabe, Andreas; Raetzel, Steffen - 2008
negatively affected. This is consistent with a social-norm effect of unemployment in Germany. We find no evidence of such an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213442
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154493