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Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany
Sierminska, Eva M.; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
Welfare-oriented analyses of economic outcome measures such as income and wealth generally rest on the assumption of … definition of the aggregation unit and by controlling its effect on distribution and inequality analysis. We find empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963727
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Nobody to Play with?: The Implications of Leisure Coordination
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Osberg, Lars - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
We hypothesize that an individual's time use choices are contingent on the time use choices of others because the utility derived from leisure time often benefits from the presence of companionable others inside and outside the household. We develop a model of time use, and demonstrate that its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068752
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Unterschiede im Freizeitverhalten: Ausdruck sozialer Ungleichheitsstrukturen oder Ergebnis individualisierter Lebensführung?
Isengard, Bettina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
, two different theoretical approaches are available. Classical inequality theories posit that differences in leisure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068955
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The Role of Visible Wealth for Deprivation
Bertram-Hümmer, Veronika; Baliki, Ghassan - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
Motivated by the lack of literature linking actual to perceived relative deprivation, this paper assesses the role of visibility in the deprivation of goods and assets vis-à-vis income behind perceptions of relative deprivation. We rely on household survey data that includes unique information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128850
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Personelle Einkommensverteilung und der Einfluß von Imputed Rent
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2000
This article deals with various methods for dealing with income advantages of owner occupied housing (imputed rents). It also explores the effects of such advantages on the distribution of individual income. Following a description of the theoretical aspects of the various methods as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963867
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Using Panel Data on Income Satisfaction to Estimate the Equivalence Scale Elasticity
Schwarze, Johannes - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2000
In this paper a new method to estimate the equivalence scale elasticity using individual panel data on income … cardinal individual welfare function has to be specified. In addition, panel data enables different scale use by the … respondents to be controlled. The approach gives straightforward evidence: Obviously there is an optimal elasticity at which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963911
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Individual Well-Being in a Dynamic Perspective
D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Frick, Joachim R. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income. Making full use of the panel data nature of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for well-being depending on absolute and on relative levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963914
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20 Years of German Unification: Evidence on Income Convergence and Heterogeneity
Brück, Tilman; Peters, Heiko - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we compare total individual income of permanent adult residents, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461814
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The Personal Distribution of Income and Imputed Rent: A Cross-National Comparison for the UK, West Germany and the USA
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002
This article deals with income advantages derived from owner occupied housing (Imputed Rent, IR) and their impact on the personal income distribution. Following a brief description of different methods with which to calculate IR in household surveys, we conduct a cross-national comparative study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068783
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Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State?: Evidence from German Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction ; A Revised Version
Schwarze, Johannes; Härpfer, Marco - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre- and post-government income distribution at the regional level …, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. Three different inequality measures are used. In addition, we investigate … whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find only weak evidence that Germans are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068871