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A sensitivity analysis of poverty definitions

Longford, Nicholas Tibor; Nicodemo, Catia - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2009

We conduct a sensitivity analysis of several estimators related to household income, to explore how some details of the definitions of the variables concerned influence the values of the common estimates, such as the mean, median and (poverty) rates. The purpose of this study is to highlight...

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Policy-related small.area estimation

Tibor, LONGFORD Nicholas - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011

A method of small-area estimation with a utility function is developed. The utility characterises a policy planned to be implemented in each area, based on the area’s estimate of a key quantity. It is shown that the commonly applied empirical Bayes and composite estimators are inefficient for...

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Cross-National and Cross-Ethnic Differences in Political and Leisure Attitudes. A Case of Luxemburg

Milosh, KANKARASH; Guy, MOORS - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2010

Using a case of Luxembourg a cross-cultural comparative perspective is linked to between as well as within country comparisons by answering a two-folded question. First we analyzed the level of measurement equivalence, i.e. the extent to which ethnic groups in Luxembourg and citizen of their...

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The relationship between EU indicators of persistent and current poverty

JENKINS Stephen P.; Philippe, VAN KERM - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2012

The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU’s portfolio of primary indicators of social inclusion. We show that there is a near-linear relationship between these two indicators across EU countries drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data....

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Measuring Segregation: Basic Concepts and Extensions to Other Domains

Jacques, SILBER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2012

This paper presents the main concepts used in measuring segregation. First it shows that the cardinal as well as the ordinal approach to the measurement of occupational segregation, when only two groups are considered (generally men and women), borrowed many ideas from the income inequality...

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Changes in the patterns of poverty duration in Germany, 1992-2009

Iryna, KYZYMA - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2013

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study explores how the duration of poverty and its determinants evolved in Germany between the early 1990s and the late 2000s. Shifts in the duration of poverty over time are captured with the application of a rolling window framework which...

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The dynamics of perceived financial difficulties

Alessio, FUSCO - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2013

The perceptions of individuals regarding their own economic situation are sometimes used to measure individuals’ welfare or standard of living, thereby complementing the conventional income-based approach. While the importance of using longitudinal data when analysing the determinants of...

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Trends in individual income growth: measurement methods and British evidence

JENKINS Stephen P.; Philippe, VAN KERM - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011

Assessments of whose income growth is the greatest and whose is the smallest are typically based on comparisons of income changes for income groups (e.g. rich versus poor) or income values (e.g. quantiles). However, income group and quantile composition changes over time because of income...

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Earnings dynamics, foreign workers and the stability of inequality trends in Luxembourg 1988-2009

Denisa, SOLOGON; Philippe, VAN KERM - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2014

This paper exploits a large-scale administrative dataset to document trends in male earnings inequality in Luxembourg over twenty years of rapid economic growth. A detailed error components model is estimated to identify persistent and transitory components of log hourly earnings variance. Given...

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Wealth distribution within couples and financial decision making

Markus, GRABKA; Jan, MARCUS; Eva, SIERMINSKA - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2013

While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the … distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio … might explain this wealth gap. We find that all factors contribute to the explanation of the wealth gap within partnerships …

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