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Wealth of children from single-parent families: Low levels and high inequality in Germany
Lersch, Philipp M.; Grabka, Markus M.; Rüß, Kilian; … - In: Journal of European Social Policy 31 (2021) 5, pp. 565-579
, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (2002–17) to examine the level of and inequality in wealth for children … from single-parent families using recentred influence function regression and decomposition analysis. We replicate earlier …, inequality between children from single-parent families is higher than for other family types and this inequality can only partly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448511
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Measuring poverty using both income and wealth : an empirical comparison of multidimensional approaches using data for the US and Spain
Azpitarte, Francisco - 2010
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the approaches to poverty based on income and wealth that have been proposed in the literature. Two types of approaches are considered: those that look at income and wealth separately when defining the poverty frontier, and those in which these two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657962
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The joint distribution of net worth and pension wealth in Germany
Bönke, Timm; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten; … - 2016
Research on wealth inequality usually focuses on real and financial assets, while pension wealth – the present value of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509132
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Measuring Poverty Using Both Income and Wealth : An Empirical Comparison of Multidimensional Approaches Using Data for the U.S. and Spain
Azpitarte, Francisco - 2014
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the approaches to poverty based on income and wealth that have been proposed in the literature. Two types of approaches are considered: those that look at income and wealth separately when defining the poverty frontier, and those in which these two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069241
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A Head-To-Head Comparison of Augmented Wealth in Germany and the United States
Boenke, Timm - 2017
We provide levels of, compositions of, and inequalities in household augmented wealth – defined as the sum of net worth and pension wealth – for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of household wealth: about 48% in the United States...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960058
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The Joint Distribution of Net Worth and Pension Wealth in Germany
Boenke, Timm - 2016
Research on wealth inequality usually focuses on real and financial assets, while pension wealth – the present value of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987251
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Millionaires under the microscope : data gap on top wealth holders closed : wealth concentration higher than presumed
Schröder, Carsten; Bartels, Charlotte; Göbler, Konstantin - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 30/31, pp. 313-322
Individuals with assets in the millions of euros have been underrepresented in population surveys and accordingly little has been known about them. As a result, the full extent of wealth concentration in Germany was unknown. To close the existing data gap, the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) inte-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262359
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A head-to-head comparison of augmented wealth in Germany and the United States
Bönke, Timm; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten; … - 2017
We provide levels of, compositions of, and inequalities in household augmented wealth - defined as the sum of net worth and pension wealth - for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of household wealth: about 48% in the United States and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622210
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The household wealth distribution in Spain: The role of housing and financial wealth.
Azpitarte, Francisco - In: Hacienda Pública Española 194 (2010) 3, pp. 65-90
inequality decomposition techniques, we assess the contribution of each element to overall wealth inequality. We find that wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225669
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Born in the land of milk and honey : the impact of economic growth on individual wealth accumulation
Bartels, Charlotte; König, Johannes; Schröder, Carsten - 2021
Economic growth varies substantially across regions and over time. This paper shows that economic growth in a person's birth place is an important determinant for wealth in adulthood. We exploit a new dataset that oversamples wealthy individuals in Germany and includes information on birth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330661