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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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Welfare-Dependent Household Economies of Scale: Further Evidence
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2005
We use a survey method designed to capture whether the consumption sharing ability of households varies systematically at different levels of well being. Evidence from Cyprus reconfirms our previous results from other countries, that household consumption economies of scale increase as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296361
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Confronting the Robinson Crusoe paradigm with household-size heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2008
Modern macroeconomics empirically addresses economy-wide incentives behind economic actions by using insights from the way a single representative household would behave. This analytical approach requires that incentives of the poor and the rich are strictly aligned. In empirical analysis a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298407
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Confronting the representative consumer with household-size heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2010
Much analysis in macroeconomics empirically addresses economy-wide incentives behind consumer/investment choices by using insights from the way a single representative household would behave. Heterogeneity at the micro level can jeopardize attempts to back up the representative consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278011
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Confronting the representative consumer with household-size heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2010
Much analysis in macroeconomics empirically addresses economy-wide incentives behind consumer/investment choices by using insights from the way a single representative household would behave. Heterogeneity at the micro level can jeopardize attempts to back up the representative consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285745
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Confronting the representative consumer with household-size heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2010
Much analysis in macroeconomics empirically addresses economy-wide incentives behind consumer/investment choices by using insights from the way a single representative household would behave. Heterogeneity at the micro level can jeopardize attempts to back up the representative consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009262082
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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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Confronting the Representative Consumer with Household-Size Heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos - 2010
Much analysis in macroeconomics empirically addresses economy-wide incentives behind consumer/investment choices by using insights from the way a single representative household would behave. Heterogeneity at the micro level can jeopardize attempts to back up the representative consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137999
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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