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Wealth Distribution within Couples
Grabka, Markus - 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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Inequality and Volatility Moderation in Russia : Evidence from Micro-Level Panel Data on Consumption and Income
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2009
We construct key household and individual economic variables using a panel micro data set from the Russia Longitudinal …
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Latin American Household Budget Surveys 1913-1970 and What They Tell Us About Economic Inequality Among Households
Gazeley, Ian - 2018
The article reports an analysis of the findings of a search for household budget surveys for Latin America for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922457
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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas - 2010
increasing 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 these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147547
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Household Income Mobility in India : 1993-2011
Azam, Mehtabul - 2016
Using nationally representative longitudinal survey, we examine the income mobility among rural (urban) Indian households over 1993-2004 and 2004-2011 (2004-2011). We find mobility estimates that mirror the social hierarchy: Forward Hindu Caste (FHC) households experienced the highest (lowest)...
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The Impact of Brazil's Tax-Benefit System on Inequality and Poverty
Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; Nogueira, José Ricardo; … - 2006
The Brazilian government raises taxes amounting to 35% of GDP and spends more than two thirds of this on social programmes. These shares are in pair with the OECD averages and well in excess of Latin America averages. However, while tax-benefit systems in most OECD countries reduce income...
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Income Uncertainty and Household Savings in China
Chamon, Marcos - 2010
China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-saving profile has become U … permanent variance of household income was stable, the transitory variance rose sharply. Based on these estimates, we calibrate … household savings rate and the U-shaped age-profile of savings …
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The Economic Security Index : A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis
Hacker, Jacob S. - 2012
combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting …
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The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement : Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit
Dahl, Gordon B. - 2012
Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children's math and reading achievement. Our identification derives...
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Labour Supply as a Buffer : Evidence from UK Households
Benito, Andrew - 2012
This paper examines labour supply adjustment – both hours worked and participation decisions. We focus on the response of each to financial shocks, employing data from the BHPS. Estimated responses are broadly consistent with models of self-insurance that incorporate labour supply flexibility....
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