Showing 1 - 10 of 18
This paper examines whether retirement-income systems allow older individuals to enjoy socially acceptable income levels independent of paid work (decommodification) and the family (defamilialization). Little research has investigated the degree to which decommodification and defamilialization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335422
We show how classic source-decomposition and subgroup-decomposition methods can be reconciled with regression methodology used in the recent literature. We also highlight some pitfalls that arise from uncritical use of the regression approach. The LIS database is used to compare the approaches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335441
The aim is to assess the prevalence of poverty among families receiving social assistance. We will examine the incidence of poverty among the recipients in relation to the general poverty profile. To answer these questions, the adequacy and poverty reduction effectiveness of social assistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335490
The income situation of families has always been a major topic for politicians and the public in modern welfare states. The ongoing call for better funding of families reflects the hardship of couples with children who seem to be unable to sustain the living standards of childless couples in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335545
This paper uses micro-census income data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to measure the current and future burden of financing public transfers, especially benefits supporting the aged and near-aged. The analysis distinguishes between income obtained from households' own saving and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335551
Great strides have been made in reducing poverty amongst the elderly in most rich countries over the past forty years. But pensioner poverty has not been eradicated, especially in the English-speaking nations. Poverty rates amongst older women are much higher than those for older men and much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335554
standards based on household head's industry of employment. Data from the Luxembourg Income Study is used to assess the relative … indicate that typical households defined by their heads' industries of employment make significant moves within their countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335568
inequality, though still falling well short of the level seen in the USA. In the end, Ireland's new-found prosperity provides a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335571
This paper uses microdata from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to estimate and compare four dimensions of the well-being of the aged in Taiwan and eight other countries - the United States, Japan, Australia, Poland, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Canada. Together, these nine countries cover a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011652909
This paper examines the relationship between the distribution of average annual household pre-tax earnings and average annual household hours of market work for married couple households. The point of departure in this paper is the treatment of the variation in annual hours worked either over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011652928