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Demografie und Ungleichheit : der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland
Peichl, Andreas (contributor); Pestel, Nico (contributor);  … - 2009
increased while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies … on equivalence-weighted incomes, which take into account household size. Therefore, there is an obvious link between … ; household structure ; SOEP ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859316
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Immigrants and religion
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2014
Religious considerations affect the decision to immigrate as well as the choice of destination country, and religious behaviors change as immigrants adjust to the economic context of their new country. This paper considers the interaction between the Economics of Religion and the Economics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341307
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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581624
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Analyzing the perceptions of Egyptian youth about the Arab Spring
Fakih, Ali; Ghazalian, Pascal L. - 2019
Egyptian youth played a central role in the Arab Spring (AS) uprisings, yearning for changes in the political system and for better economic conditions. This paper investigates the perceptions of young Egyptians about the AS. The empirical analysis uses a bivariate ordered probit model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117000
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An examination of the intracorrelation of family health insurance
Aouad, Marion - 2021
A negative shock to one household member can have consequences for other household members. This paper demonstrates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589227
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Household collective models : three decades of theoretical contributions and empirical evidence
Donni, Olivier; Molina, José Alberto - 2018
Household collective models celebrate their thirtieth birthday. The collective approach constitutes, perhaps, the … to some excellent surveys of household collective models (Strauss et al., 2000; Vermeulen, 2002; Donni and Chiappori … papers, the collective framework has been used to provide theoretical results for a number of household issues; for example …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946430
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A different perspective on the evolution of UK income inequality
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Jenkins, Stephen - 2018
The socio-economic mosaic of urban neighbourhoods changes under the influence of three distinctive distributional processes: reordering of the socio-economic position of urban neighbourhoods; changing levels of inequality between neighbourhoods; and an overall growth or decline in income levels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925327
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Efficient labor supply for Latin families : is the intra-household bargaining power relevant?
Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2018
the household is an important factor that should be considered when analyzing household decisions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891768
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The tragedy of clientelism : opting children out
Ronconi, Lucas; Zarazaga, Rodrigo - 2017
children do not vote. Based on the main Argentine household survey and on personal interviews with 120 brokers, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731872
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Home production of childcare and labour supply decisions in a collective household model
Turon, Hélène - 2019
population in the household then examine the determinants of the decision to supply labour. The fraction of home …-produced childcare to household childcare needs is considered to be a public good within the household, for which preferences are … of the choice of home childcare vs. labour supply. We are able to quantify each household's sensitivity to potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979076