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Regional income stratification in unified Germany using a Gini decomposition approach

Frick, Joachim R. (contributor); Goebel, Jan (contributor) - 2005

unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the … regional concentration of future transfers from East to West Germany. -- inequality decomposition ; Gini ; stratification …This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after …

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Tax-benefit revealed redistributive preferences over time: Ireland 1987 - 2005

Bargain, Olivier; Keane, Claire - 2010

By inverting Saez (2002)'s model of optimal income taxation, we characterize the redistributive preferences of the Irish government between 1987 and 2005. The (marginal) social welfare function revealed by this approach is consistently comparable over time and show great stability despite...

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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries

Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006

This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....

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Financing social security : simulating different welfare state systems for Germany

Dieckhoener, Caroline; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

In Germany, there is an ongoing debate about how to increase the efficiency of the social security system and especially its financing. The aim of this paper is to simulate different financing systems for Germany. The introduction of a Liberal British or the Southern Greek financing system...

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A factorial survey on the justice of earnings within the SOEP-pretest 2008

Sauer, Carsten; Liebig, Stefan; Auspurg, Katrin; Hinz, … - 2009

In the 2008 Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) Pretest, the factorial survey method was tested for the first time for use in the SOEP longitudinal study. In this paper, we describe the construction and application of the vignette module, which has its origins in the field of justice research and...

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Worries across time and age in Germany : bringing together open- and close-ended questions

Rohrer, Julia M.; Bruemmer, Martin; Schupp, Jürgen; … - 2017

We investigate how worries in Germany change across time and age, drawing on both closed-ended questions (which typically list a number of worry items) and open-ended questions answered in text format. We find that relevant world events influence worries. For example, worries about peace peaked...

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Dimensions of quality of life in Germany : measured by plain text responses in a representative survey (SOEP)

Wagner, Gert G.; Bruemmer, Martin; Glemser, Axel; … - 2017

This paper demonstrates how quality of life can be measured by plain text in a representative survey, the German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Furthermore, the paper shows that problems that are difficult to monitor, especially problems like the state of the European Union, long-term...

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Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010

Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends...

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Income inequality and job satisfaction of full-time employees in Germany

Wunder, Christoph (contributor); … - 2006

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), it is shown that income comparison with persons who are better off has a clear impact on the job satisfaction of West German full-time employees. Two contrary effects can be identified. On the one hand, there is an aversion to...

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Life satisfaction and relative income : perceptions and evidence

Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009

Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...

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