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Impacts of an ageing society on macroeconomics and income inequality : the case of Germany since the 1980s

Faik, Jürgen - 2012

The discussion paper is concerned with the interplay between demography and macroeconomics on one hand and macroeconomics and income inequality on the other hand. For this purpose, several estimation equations are derived by econometric methods (on the empirical basis of the 1984-2010 German...

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Asymptotic income distribution in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) : income inequality and Darwinian fitness

Montano, Diego - 2011

In this paper, the relation between income inequality and population growth is analized from a Darwinian perspective. A Markov chain population growth model is presented and estimated using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We estimate both population growth rates and...

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Income misperception and populism

Albers, Thilo N. H.; Kersting, Felix; Kosse, Fabian - 2022

We propose that false beliefs about the own current economic status are an important factor for explaining populist attitudes. Along with the subjects' receptiveness to rightwing populism, we elicit their perceived relative income positions in a representative survey of German households. We...

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Entrepreneurs and Freelancers: are they time and income multidimensional poor? : the German Case

Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - 2016 - This version: April 2016

Entrepreneurs and freelancers, the self-employed, commonly are characterized as not only to be relatively rich in income but also as to be rich in time because of their time-sovereignty in principle. Our introducing study scrutinises these results and notions about the well-being situation of...

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Income and wealth poverty in Germany

Köhler, Theresa - 2016

household member owns real estate or equity. In this thesis, at risk of income poverty in Germany is estimated. In order to get … of income poverty nor at risk of wealth poverty. Poverty profiles in Germany and their changes over time are analyzed for … bootstrap confidence intervals are calculated for all results. Findings suggest that young age, region East Germany, single …

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Ex post inequality of opportunity comparisons

Fleurbaey, Marc; Peragine, Vitorocco; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2015

criteria to measuring inequality of opportunity in Germany. We illustrate our ex-post inequality of opportunity approach based …

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The formation of prosociality : causal evidence on the role of social environment

Kosse, Fabian; Deckers, Thomas; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2016

This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of social environment for the formation of prosociality. In a first step, we show that socio-economic status (SES) as well as the intensity of mother-child interaction and mothers' prosocial attitudes are systematically related to...

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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 well-being. In our study we focus on a prominent part...

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The baby year parental leave reform in the GDR and its impact on children's long-term life satisfaction

Heisig, Katharina; Zierow, Larissa - 2019

This article investigates the effects of an increase in paid parental leave - twelve months instead of six months - on children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), allows us to circumvent problems of selection of...

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Equality of opportunity : East vs. West Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990 … in East and West Germany. Our results suggest that equal opportunities in Germany have grown since reunification …. Interestingly, EOp is larger in East than in West Germany. …

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