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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 …

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Labour supply after inheritances and the role of expectations

Doorley, Karina; Pestel, Nico - 2016

This paper examines the effect of wealth on labour market behaviour. Providing convincing evidence on this relationship is challenging since wealth and labour supply may be endogenously determined. We overcome this by looking at wealth shocks in the form of inheritances, distinguishing between...

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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 …

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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...

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Multidimensional measurement of richness : theory and an application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010

Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper provides similar measures for the top of the distribution using a dual cutoff method to identify individuals, who can be considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this...

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Multidimensional well-being at the top : evidence for Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011

This paper employs a multidimensional approach for the measurement of well-being at the top of the distribution using German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material well-being, we include health as a proxy for nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported...

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Multidimensional measurement of richness : theory and an application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010

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Multidimensional affluence : theory and applications to Germany and the US

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011

affluence, income is more important in the US. -- top incomes ; multidimensional measurement ; richness ; wealth ; inequality …

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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

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