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Income comparisons among neighbours and life satisfaction in East and West Germany

Knies, Gundi - 2010

' income divide the German nation. We find that the neighbourhood income effect for West Germany is negative (which is in line … social interactions between neighbours take place. In contrast, the coefficients on neighbourhood income in East Germany are … there is a divide between East and West Germany, but also that neighbours may not be a relevant comparison group in …

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A behaviouristic approach for measuring poverty : the decomposition approach ; empirical illustrations for Germany 1995-2009

Faik, Jürgen - 2011

In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition approach. This method differentiates between various social groups in the sense that for each group a separate poverty line is determined. E. g., household size might be a criterion...

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Does a better job match makes women happier? : work orientations, work-care choices and subjective well-being in Germany

Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Kemperman, Bauke - 2011

The study examines the effects of work orientations and work-leisure choices alongside the effect of genes or personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women's preferred and actual number of working hours indicating...

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Sind Indikatoren zur Lebensqualität und zur Lebenszufriedenheit als politische Zielgrößen sinnvoll?

Huschka, Denis; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010 - Umfangreich erw. Fassung

We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...

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Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland : Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators

Suntum, Ulrich van; Prinz, Aloys; Uhde, Nicole - 2010

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Choices which change life satisfaction : similar results for Australia, Britain and Germany

Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2011

Using data from national socio-economic panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany, this paper analyzes the …

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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants in Germany

Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2010

immigrants across Germany. …

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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany

Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …

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Revisiting the income-health nexus : the importance of choosing the "right" indicator

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010

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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? : evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...

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