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Measuring Income Risk
Burgess, Simon; Gardiner, Karen; Jenkins, Stephen P.; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2000
British Household Survey. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963611
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Confronting the Representative Consumer with Household-Size Heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
using insights from the way a single representative household would behave. Heterogeneity at the micro level can jeopardize …-level heterogeneity is household size, as individuals living in multi-member households have the potential to share goods within the … household, benefiting from household-size economies. Theoretically, we show that validating the role of a representative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008645018
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Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices from Complex Survey Data
Biewen, Martin; Jenkins, Stephen P. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and the British Household Panel Survey. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963702
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Distributional and Behavioral Effects of the Gender Wage Gap
Gallego-Granados, Patricia; Geyer, Johannes - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
-benefit system and other sources of household income. We present a methodological framework for deriving the gender wage gap in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011253072
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Income Thresholds and Income Classes
D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Muliere, Pietro; Secchi, Piercesare - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
This paper proposes a method for detecting income classes based on the change-point problem. There is an increasing demand for such a method in the literature. Computation of polarization indices requires a pre-grouping of the incomes. Similarly, indices of social exclusion and sometimes indices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963668
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From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992 - 2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of an integrated data set of individual tax returns and the German Socio-Economic Panel. The unique feature of this integrated data set is that it encompasses the whole spectrum of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963679
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Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided educa-tion and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963737
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Top Incomes and Top Taxes in Germany
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
We analyze the distribution and taxation of top incomes in Germany during the 1990s on the basis of individual tax returns data. We derive a measure of economic income from taxable gross income as reported in the tax returns. Thanks to complete sampling, we can deliver a very precise description...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963744
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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better Off ?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068687
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Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany
Kritikos, Alexander S.; Kneiding, Christoph; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018669