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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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The Short-Run Employment Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform
Caliendo, Marco - 2018
We assess the short-term employment effects of the introduction of a national statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929738
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The Short-Term Distributional Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform
Caliendo, Marco - 2018
This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929750
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Biased by Success and Failure : How Unemployment Shapes Stated Locus of Control
Preuss, Malte - 2018
Due to its extraordinary explanatory power for individual behavior, the interest in the concept of locus of control (LOC) has increased substantially within applied economic research. But, even though LOC has been found to affect economic behavior in many ways, the reliability of these findings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930740
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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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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