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Economic well-being and poverty among the elderly: an analysis based on a collective consumption model
Cherchye, Laurens; de Rock, Bram; Vermeulen, Frederic - 2008
poverty among the elderly. The model focuses on individual preferences, a consumption technology that captures the economies … scale and a wife's share that is increasing in total expenditures. We further calculated poverty rates by means of the … collective consumption model. Collective poverty rates of widows and widowers turn out to be slightly lower than traditional ones …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276395
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The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets
Francois, Joseph F.; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - 2005
estimate the entire income distribution; computing alternativeinequality indexes and poverty estimates. Finally, we have used … our broad1y comparabledataset to examine international patterns of inequality and poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325176
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The patterns of output growth of firms and countries: New evidence on scale invariances and specificities
Castaldi, Carolina; Dosi, Giovanni - 2007
This work brings together two distinct pieces of evidence concerning, at the macro level, international distributions of incomes and their dynamics, and, at the micro level, the size distributions of firms and the properties of their growth rates. First, our empirical analysis provides a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328462
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Examining the Impact of Macro-Economic Conditions on Income Inequality
Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2001
This paper proposes a new approach for analyzing the relationship between macroeconomic factors and the income distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment and inflation rates. Building on the lessons from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262571
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Are cross-country studies of the Environmental Kuznets Curve misleading? New evidence from time series data for Germany
Egli, Hannes - 2001
In recent years, extensive literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve leading to optimistic policy conclusions has attracted great attention. However, the underlying cross-section estimations are not very reliable. Accordingly, this contribution uses time series data for a single country with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306026
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Are cross-country studies of the Environmental Kuznets Curve misleading? New evidence frome time series data for Germany
Egli, Hannes - 2002
In recent years, extensive literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve leading to optimistic policy conclusions has attracted great attention. However, the underlying cross-section estimations are not very reliable. Accordingly, this contribution uses time series data for a single country with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335695
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve - Evidence from Time Series Data for Germany
Egli, Hannes - 2004
In recent years, extensive literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve lead- ing to optimistic policy conclusions has attracted great attention. However, the underlying cross-section estimations are not very reliable. Accordingly, this contribution uses time series data for a single country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753093
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Eine exemplarische Anwendung der regionalisierten Preisniveau-Daten des BBSR auf die Einkommensverteilung für die Jahre 2005 bis 2008
Goebel, Jan; Krause, Peter; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, … - 2010
Analyse der Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland einbezogen. Im Ergebnis führt dies bei den verfügbaren Haushaltseinkommen zu … für künftige Analysen der personellen Einkommensverteilung eine systematische Berechnung und Einbeziehung der regionalen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600926
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Producing Time Series Data for Income Distribution: Sources, Methods and Techniques
Atkinson, Tony; Brandolini, Andrea; Smeeding, Timothy - 2001
sources), and users. We consider measurement error in both theory and practice. Along the way we include a number of practical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653021
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Micro income change in the Federal Republic of Germany between 1984 and 1989
Rendtel, Ulrich; Wagner, Gert G. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 61 (1992) 3/4, pp. 131-137
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