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Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2006

Different family types may have a fixed flow of consumption costs, related to subsistence needs. We use a survey method in order to identify and estimate such a fixed component of spending for different families. Our method involves making direct questions about the linkup between aggregate...

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Relative inequality and poverty in Germany and the United States using alternative equivalence scales

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Smeeding, Timothy M.; Merz, Joachim - 1994

inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups … income ; inequality ; poverty …

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Polarization of time and income : a multidimensional approach with well-being gap and minimum 2DGAP ; German evidence

Merz, Joachim; Scherg, Bettina - 2013

A growing polarization of society accompanied with an erosion of the middle class experiences more and more attention at least in the recent German economic and social policy discussion. Our study contributes to the polarization discussion with respect to multidimensional theoretical measurement...

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Intensity of time and income interdependent multidimensional poverty : well-being and minimum 2DGAP ; German evidence

Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - 2011

Extending the traditional income poverty concept by multidimensional poverty has been of growing interest within the … last years. This paper contributes with an analysis of interdependent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and … income, which in particular restricts social participation. The interdependency of the multiple poverty dimensions under a …

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Time, income and subjective well-being - interdependent multidimensional polarization: 20 Years in Germany

Merz, Joachim; Scherg, Bettina - 2022

Society drifts apart in many dimensions. Economists focus on income of the poor and rich and the distribution of income, however a broader spectrum of dimensions is required to draw the picture of multiple facets of individual life. In our study of multidimensional polarization we extend the...

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Parental child care time, income and subjective well-being : a multidimensional polarization approach for Germany

Merz, Joachim; Peters, Normen - 2019

Neither market income nor consumption expenditure provides an adequate picture of individual standard of living. It is time which enables and restricts individual activities and is a further brick to a more comprehensive picture of individual wellbeing. In our study we focus on a prominent part...

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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants

Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009

This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...

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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model which accounts...

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Two scales, one methodology : expenditure based equivalence scales for the United States and Germany

Merz, Joachim; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 1994

, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons. Researchers generally either use … a country specific equivalence scale (social assistance, expert based, or poverty scales), or adopt a single scale for … ; poverty …

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Equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption expenditure microdata : the case of West Germany

Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - 1992

, inequality and poverty. This paper provides equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption microdata for West … ; Germany ; USA ; distribution of income ; inequality ; poverty …

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