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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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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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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. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 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/10005017464
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The Impact of Home Production on Economic Inequality in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 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/10005018735
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Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany
Sierminska, Eva M.; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
Welfare-oriented analyses of economic outcome measures such as income and wealth generally rest on the assumption of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600761
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Accounting for Imputed and Capital Income Flows in Income Inequality Analyses
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2009
alternative private investments, our results indicate that they donot coincide in their impacts on income inequality and poverty … inequality and relative poverty, very much driven by the increasing share of outright ownership among the elderly. On the other … consideration of all components of private investment income for the purpose of welfare analysis, be they of a monetary or non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600897
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The evolution of income inequality in Germany and Switzerland since the turn of the millennium
Grabka, Markus M.; Kuhn, Ursina - 2012
This paper presents and compares trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). Whereas in Germany inequality has increased substantially during this period, in Switzerland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287226
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Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany
Sierminska, Eva M.; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
Welfare-oriented analyses of economic outcome measures such as income and wealth generally rest on the assumption of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018748
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Accounting for Imputed and Capital Income Flows in Income Inequality Analyses
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
alternative private investments, our results indicate that they donot coincide in their impacts on income inequality and poverty … inequality and relative poverty, very much driven by the increasing share of outright ownership among the elderly. On the other … consideration of all components of private investment income for the purpose of welfare analysis, be they of a monetary or non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543464