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Poverty Profiles and Well-Being: Panel Evidence from Germany

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...

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A Behaviouristic Approach for Measuring Poverty: The Decomposition Approach ; Empirical Illustrations for Germany 1995-2009

Faik, Jürgen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011

In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition …'s mean welfare level, does not exist, on principle, in the decomposition approach. Present author's own calculations reveal … levels of the decomposition approach can be interpreted as upper limits for the "true" level of poverty, and, conversely, the …

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Endogeneity in the Relation between Poverty, Wealth and Life Satisfaction

Hajek, André - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational autonomy or employment status and also the mentioned life...

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The Socio-Economic Module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE): Description, Structure, and Questionnaire

Böckenhoff, Anke; Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...

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Accounting for Imputed and Capital Income Flows in Income Inequality Analyses

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

Using representative and consistent microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) from 1985-2007, we illustrate that capital income (CI = return on financial investments) and imputed rent (IR = return on investments in owner-occupied housing) have become increasingly important...

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The Impact of Home Production on Economic Inequality in Germany

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

Using representative income and time use-data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we estimate non-monetary income advantages arising from home production and analyse their impact on economic inequality. As an alternative to existing measures, we propose a predicted wage approach based...

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Heterogeneity in the Relationship between Happiness and Age: Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Baetschmann, Gregori - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

This paper studies the evolution of life satisfaction over the life course in Germany. It clarifies the causal interpretation of the econometric model by discussing the choice of control variables and the underidentification between age, cohort and time effects. The empirical part analyzes the...

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Employed but Still Unhappy?: On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm

Chadi, Adrian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011

In the modern welfare state, people who cannot make a living usually receive financial assistance from public funds. Accordingly, the so-called social work norm against living off other people is violated, which may be the reason why the unemployed are so unhappy. If so, however, labour market...

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Bowling Alone or Bowling at All?: The Effect of Unemployment on Social Participation

Kunze, Lars; Suppa, Nicolai - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

This article examines the impact of unemployment on social participation for Germany using the German Socio-Economic Panel. We find significant negative, robust and, for some activities, lasting effects of unemployment on social participation. Causality is established by focussing on plant...

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Multidimensional Well-Being at the Top: Evidence for Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011

This paper employs a multidimensional approach for the measurement of well-being at the top of the distribution using German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material well-being, we include health as a proxy for nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported...

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