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How reliable are social safety nets? : value and accessibility in situations of acute economic need

Immervoll, Herwig; Hyee, Raphaela; Fernández, Rodrigo; … - 2022

Social protection systems use a range of entitlement criteria. First-tier support typically requires contributions or past employment in many countries, while safety net benefits are granted on the basis of need. In a context of volatile and uncertain labour markets, careful and continuous...

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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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De-facto gaps in social protection for standard and non-standard workers : an approach for monitoring the accessibility and levels of income support

Immervoll, Herwig; Fernández, Rodrigo; Hyee, Raphaela; … - 2022

Social protection systems play a key stabilising role for individuals and societies, especially in the recent context of heightened uncertainties. Income stabilisation and related social policy objectives hinge on the extent to which social protection is accessible for those requiring support....

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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...

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Accounting for imputed and capital income flows in income inequality analyses

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

alternative private investments, our results indicate that they do not coincide in their impacts on income inequality and poverty … inequality and relative poverty, very much driven by the increasing share of outright ownership among the elderly. On the other … consideration of all components of private investment income for the purpose of welfare analysis, be they of a monetary or non …

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Wealth distribution within couples

Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - 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-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting...

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Minimum-income benefits in OECD countries : policy design, effectiveness and challenges

Immervoll, Herwig - 2009

income tax ; welfare to work ; poverty …

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No claim, no pain : measuring the non-take-up of social assistance using register data

Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Viitamäki, Heikki - 2010

The main objectives of social assistance benefits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social … discuss the poverty implications of our results. -- take-up ; social assistance ; poverty ; register data …

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The impact of Brazil's tax-benefit system on inequality and poverty

Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; Nogueira, José … - 2006

successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … policy makers in emerging and developing countries in particular. -- Brazil ; inequality ; poverty ; redistribution …

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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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