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-benefit system and net incomes at the household level as well as employment and price effects on the distribution of incomes induced …
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This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using micro-data from the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) for three prominent panel studies, namely the BHPS for Great Britain, the SOEP for West Germany, and the PSID for the USA, a...
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household disposable income; there is also a further case of missingness confronting household panel surveys that potentially … biases results. The approach commonly used in such surveys of interviewing all adult household members and aggregating their ….e., the non-response of at least one unit, or member, of an otherwise participating household. In these cases, the aggregate …
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In Deutschland werden die Geburtskohorten der 1956 bis 1965 Geborenen als Babyboomer bezeichnet. Diese Gruppe kennzeichnet sich nicht nur durch eine überdurchschnittliche Kohortenstärke aus, sondern diese waren Profiteure des Ausbaus des Wohlfahrtsstaates und deren Kindheit und Jugend: waren...
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whether intra-household adaptation mechanisms differ by gender and by partnership status. The underlying method is a …
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The present paper quantifies the economic consequences of eliminating the system of income splitting in Germany. We apply a dynamic simulation model with overlapping generations where single and married agents have to decide on labor supply and homework facing income and lifespan risk. The...
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Over the last several decades, there has been a widespread decrease in civic engagement coinciding with a breakdown in traditional family structures in many countriesthroughout the developed world. According to Putnam in Bowling alone (2000), however, none of the major declines in civic...
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We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economic preferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in...
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This study investigates the determinants of women's labor supply in the household context. The main focus is on the …
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We evaluate the effects of the transition from cohabitation to marriage on household domestic and market work hours …
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