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Measuring Income in Household Panel Surveys for Germany: A Comparison of EU-SILC and SOEP
Frick, Joachim R.; Krell, Kristina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008623437
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Cardiovascular Consequences of Unfair Pay
Falk, Armin; Menrath, Ingo; Verde, Pablo Emilio; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
This paper investigates physiological responses to perceptions of unfair pay. In a simple principal agent experiment agents produce revenue by working on a tedious task. Principals decide how this revenue is allocated between themselves and their agents. In this environment unfairness can arise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277158
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Dissatisfied with Life or with Being Interviewed?: Happiness and Motivation to Participate in a Survey
Chadi, Adrian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Information on the number of interviewer contacts allows insights into how people's responses to questions on happiness are connected to the difficulty of reaching potential participants. Using the paradata of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), this paper continues such research by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267918
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Selectivity Processes in and Weights for the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II)
Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; Wagner, Gert G. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Like many medical studies, the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE·II) is based on a non·random "convenience sample" of self·recruited participants. To study processes of selectivity in BASE·II, we used an identical questionnaire to compare BASE·II with a large, representative reference study, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185791
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Fast Methods for Jackknifing Inequality Indices
Karoly, Lynn A.; Schröder, Carsten - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
time from the sample. The paper develops fast algorithms for jackknifing inequality indices with only a few passes through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129012
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Towards a Multidimensional Poverty Index for Germany
Suppa, Nicolai - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … consistent with earlier findings, but also reveal several new insights. Specifically, numerous decompositions of the poverty … multidimensional poverty indices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212801
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Unterhaltsansprüche und deren Wirklichkeit: wie groß ist das Problem nicht gezahlten Kindesunterhalts?
Hartmann, Bastian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Nach der Auflösung einer Partnerschaft bestehen die finanziellen Verflechtungen der ehemaligen Partner meist noch weiter. Dies gilt umso mehr, wenn aus der Partnerschaft Kinder hervor gegangen sind. Dem Kindesunterhalt kommt eine besondere Rolle zu. Trotz seiner sozial- und familienpolitischen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128945
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Predicting the Trend of Well-Being in Germany: How Much Do Comparisons, Adaptation and Sociability Matter?
Bartolini, Stefano; Bilancini, Ennio; Sarracino, Francesco - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate the variation of subjective well-being experienced by Germans over the last two decades testing the role of some of the major correlates of people's well-being. Our results suggest that the variation of Germans' well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399836
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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017414
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Developing SOEPsurvey and SOEPservice: The (Near) Future of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)
Anger, S.; Frick, F.; Goebel, J.; Grabka, M.; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
Das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP) ist als multidisziplinäres Haushaltspanel, das Informationen zu allen Personen, die … Haushaltspanel mit 40.000 Haushalten begonnen; in den Niederlanden wird mit MESS ein Haushaltspanel von über 5.000 Haushalten für …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017497