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Using personal car register for measuring economic inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy : evidence for Latvia
Dombrovsky, Vyacheslav; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič - 2011
reported in our paper. -- Economic inequality ; cars ; social signaling ; Gini index ; Latvia …We suggest to use information from the state register of personal cars as an alternative indicator of economic … inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy. We illustrate our approach using the Latvian pool of personal cars …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579657
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Rent price control - yet another great equalizer of economic inequalities? : evidence from a century of historical data
Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič; Kohl, Sebastian - 2021
The long-run U-shaped patterns of economic inequality are standardly explained by basic economic trends (Piketty’s rg), taxation policies, or “great levelers,” like catastrophes. This paper argues that housing policy, in particular rent control, is a neglected explanatory factor in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012426512
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Trends in income inequality, pro-poor income growth and income mobility
Jenkins, Stephen; Van Kerm, Philippe - 2003
We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are related to the pattern of income growth across the income range, and the reshuffling of individuals in the income pecking order. We use it to explain how it was possible both for "the poor" to have fared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439136
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The shadow economy in OECD countries : panel-data evidence
Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič; Thießen, Ulrich - 2011
In this paper, the extent of the shadow economy in OECD countries is investigated. The estimates of the size of the shadow economy are obtained using the panel-data techniques applied to the data on 38 OECD member states over the period 1991-2007. Our estimates tend to be somewhat lower than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427895
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The preadult origins of post-materialism : a longitudinal sibling study
Kroh, Martin (contributor) - 2008
Using a research design that traces siblings' preferences for postmaterialistic values in Germany over two decades, this paper provides new evidence on the origins of value preferences. Focusing on Inglehart's thesis of value change, we test the combined socialization and scarcity hypothesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726120
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Der Einfluss von Erhebungsformen auf den Postmaterialismus-Index
Marcus, Jan - 2009
Der vorliegende Beitrag ist eine Metaanalyse von 99 deutschen Bevölkerungssurveys aus dem GESIS-Datenarchiv, in denen die postmaterialistische Einstellung der Befragten ermittelt wird. Es wird anhand von Mehrebenenmodellen gezeigt, dass sich der Anteil der Postmaterialisten unter Kontrolle von...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003915863
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Choices which change life satisfaction : revising SWB theory to account for change
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010
Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003971047
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Top-down vs. bottom-up: the long-term impact of government ideology and personal experience on values
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2013
This paper studies the long-term impact of societal socialization on values using the example of doping behavior in sports. We apply the German Reunification Approach to the microcosm of Berlin and exploit its 40-year long division into a capitalist and a communist sector. We deliberately chose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723922
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Flipping journals to open : rethinking publishing infrastructure
Fecher, Benedikt; Wagner, Gert G. - 2015
Open access means that research outputs, such as articles and data, are free of restrictions on access and free of restrictions on use. In the light of recent market developments in academic publishing, we argue in this essay that the discourse about open access must include a discussion about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411236
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The importance of mothers-in-law's employment for their daughter-in-law's labour market outcomes in West Germany : results and mechanisms
Schmitz, Sophia; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2021
Social norms have been put forward as prominent explanations for the changing labour supply decisions of women. This paper studies the intergenerational formation of these norms, examining how they affect subsequent female labour supply decisions, taking into account not only the early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497397