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Factor Shares and Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Germany 2002-2008
Adler, Martin; Schmid, Kai Daniel - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
We examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among households. We use micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel as well as macro data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2002 to 2008. We categorize and...
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From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 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/10005017459
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Distributional and Behavioral Effects of the Gender Wage Gap
Gallego-Granados, Patricia; Geyer, Johannes - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 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/10011277343
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Why Has Inequality in Germany Not Risen Further after 2005?
Rehm, Miriam; Schmid, Kai Daniel; Wang, Dieter - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
In this paper we explore the reasons for the trend reversal in the development of household market income inequality in … use household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1991-2011 and decompose market income into three income … sources: (1) household labour income from full-time work, (2) household labour income from atypical work, and (3) household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937933
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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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Item Non-response and Imputation of Annual Labor Income in Panel Surveys from a Cross-National Perspective
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS, Australian HILDA) we investigate a) the selectivity of item non-response (INR) and b) the impact of imputation as a prominent post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018729
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Beyond Inequality Accounting: Marital Sorting and Couple Labor Supply
Pestel, Nico - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
. Earnings of hypothetical couples are adjusted for changes in hours worked given the differences in the household context using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942876
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Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life
Clark, Andrew E. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
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The German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP): Scope, Evolution and Enhancements
Wagner, Gert G.; Frick, Joachim R.; Schupp, Jürgen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
. Section 4 concludes with a discussion of potential future issues and developments for SOEP and other household panel studies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017428
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Does Marriage Pay More than Cohabitation?: Selection and Specialization Effects on Male Wages in Germany
Barg, Katherin; Beblo, Miriam - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
(husbands being more productive because their wives take over household chores) or selection (high earnings potentials being … - into marriage as well as into cohabitation. Supplementary analysis of intra-household time use suggests that specialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017444