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Parental child care time, income, and subjective well-being: A multidimensional polarization approach for Germany
Merz, Joachim; Peters, Normen - 2019
contributes not only to individual but also to societal well-being. Within a novel approach we ask for multidimensional … multidimensional polarization intensity information for the poor and the rich and disentangles the single time and income contribution … question of dimension specific targeted policies in a multidimensional polarization approach. Prominent result: compensation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985356
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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600858
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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017414
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Income distribution and the fear of crime: Evidence from Germany
Acampora, Michelle; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Grabka, Markus M. - 2020
We here explore the link between individual concerns about crime and the distribution of income in Germany. We make use of 1995-2017 microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to show that both individual polarization and relative deprivation have statistically-significant effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012173603
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Between-Person Disparities in the Progression of Late-Life Well-Being
Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Fauth, Elizabeth; Schupp, … - 2009
Throughout adulthood and old age, levels of well-being appear to remain relatively stable. In this chapter, we argue that focusing on a phase of life during which this positive picture does not necessarily prevail promises to help us better understand between-person disparities in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600844
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Between-Person Disparities in the Progression of Late-Life Well-Being
Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Fauth, Elizabeth; Schupp, … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
Throughout adulthood and old age, levels of well-being appear to remain relatively stable. In this chapter, we argue that focusing on a phase of life during which this positive picture does not necessarily prevail promises to help us better understand between-person disparities in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018723
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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
with respect to multidimensional theoretical measurement and empirical application in two ways: First, we propose extended … multidimensional polarization indices based on a CES-type well-being function and present a new measure to multidimensional …) 1991/92 and 2001/02 we quantify available and extended multidi-mensional polarization measures as well as our new approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322354
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Representative Wealth Data for Germany from the German SOEP: The Impact of Methodological Decisions around Imputation and the Choice of the Aggregation Unit
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Sierminska, Eva M. - 2007
The definition and operationalization of wealth information in population surveys and the corresponding microdata requires a wide range of more or less normative assumptions. However, the decisions made in both the pre- and post-data-collection stage may interfere considerably with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600649
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The Impact of Home Production on Economic Inequality in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2009
Using representative income and time use-data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we estimate non-monetary income advantages arising from home production and analyse their impact on economic inequality. As an alternative to existing measures, we propose a predicted wage approach based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600803
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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 interdepend-ent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and … of multidimensional poverty. In addition to various poverty gap measures including the multidimensional well-being gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601053