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Economic gains from publicly provided education in Germany

Frick, Joachim R. (contributor); … - 2007

impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591501

Item non-response and imputation of annual labor income in panel surveys from a cross-national perspective

Frick, Joachim R. (contributor); … - 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/10003561621

Individual well-being in a dynamic perspective

D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor); … - 2007

This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income. Making full use of the panel data nature of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for well-being depending on absolute and on relative levels of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003532960

Revisiting the income-health nexus : the importance of choosing the “right” indicator

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010

We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941754

Polarization and rising wage inequality : comparing the U.S. and Germany

Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010

This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz ….S. and Germany but there were various country specific aspects of this increase. For the U.S., we find faster wage growth … Germany. Moreover, we see a large role played by cohort effects in Germany, while we find only small cohort effects in the U …

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Accounting for imputed and capital income flows in income inequality analyses

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2009

-occupied housing) have become increasingly important sources of economic inequality in Germany over the last two decades. Whereas the … effects to increase over time. The analyses presented here, exemplified for Germany, make a clear case for the joint …

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Subjective well-being and relative deprivation : an empirical link

D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper explores the relationship between two well-established concepts of measuring individual well-being: the concept of happiness, i.e. self-reported level of satisfaction with income and life, and relative deprivation/satisfaction, i.e. the gaps between the individual's income and the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002456275

Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany : relative income position, income portfolio, and redistribution effects

Büchel, Felix (contributor); Frick, Joachim R. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The impact of home production on economic inequality in Germany

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2009

Using representative income and time use-data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we estimate non-monetary income advantages arising from home production and analyse their impact on economic inequality. As an alternative to existing measures, we propose a predicted wage approach based...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003814233

The 2011 break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of wage inequality in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Seidlitz, Arnim - 2019

break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany …

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