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On applying synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being: health and income inequalities in selected EU countries
Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2008
-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609386
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The Marginal Utility of Income
Layard, Richard; Mayraz, Guy; Nickell, Stephen J. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
In normative public economics it is crucial to know how fast the marginal utility of income declines as income increases. One needs this parameter for cost-benefit analysis, for optimal taxation and for the (Atkinson) measurement of inequality. We estimate this parameter using four large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018703
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Multidimensional poverty and inequality
Aaberge, Rolf; Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2014
This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099670
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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 - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for … the crisis - in 2009 - inequality dropped, and it increased afterwards. Poverty was not affected very much by economic … developments during the crisis but at least an increase of persons, who stayed within the poverty region, occurred between 2008 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128947
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Distributional Effects of a Minimum Wage in a Welfare State: The Case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129004
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Energy poverty in Italy
Faiella, Ivan; Lavecchia, Luciano - Banca d'Italia - 2014
no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100384
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La composizione familiare e l�imposta sul reddito delle persone fisiche: un�analisi degli effetti redistributivi e alcune considerazioni sul benessere sociale
Marino, Maria Rosaria; Rapallini, Chiara - Banca d'Italia - 2003
The paper provides an evaluation of the redistribution effects stemming from the changes to the personal income tax introduced in the last decade. The analysis confirms that between 1989 and 2001 the net average tax rate increased for all taxpayers and, above all, for one-earner couples. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113660
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Why Are Middle-Aged People so Depressed?: Evidence from West Germany
Brockmann, Hilke - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
Does happiness vary with age? The evidence is inconclusive. Some studies show happiness to increase with age (Diener et al. 1999; Argyle 2001). Others hold that the association is U-shaped with either highest depression rates (Mroczek and Christian, 1998; Blanchflower and Oswald, 2008) or highest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611297
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Measurement of income distribution in supranational entities: the case of the European Union
Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2007
each member country on the basis of national indicators; EU-wide estimates of inequality and poverty play no role. Yet this … methodological requirements of this evaluative exercise, and provides the first estimates of inequality and poverty in the enlarged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005770782