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Income-dependent equivalence scales and choice theory: Implications for poverty measurement
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten - 2022
Equivalence Scales are a tool for removing the heterogeneity of household sizes in the measurement of inequality, and … affect poverty assessments and poverty lines. We address the disadvantage that poor households may suffer due to their …, as it seems to have a substantial quantitative impact on the measurement of poverty. We also suggest that future research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164137
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Direct evidence on income comparisons and subjective well-being
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2013
Subjective well-being (SWB) is generally argued to rise with relative income. However, direct evidence is scarce on whether and how intensively individuals undertake income comparisons, to whom they relate, and what they perceive their relative income to be. In this paper, novel data with direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294938
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A head-to-head comparison of augmented wealth in Germany and the United States
Bönke, Timm; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten; … - 2017
We provide levels of, compositions of, and inequalities in household augmented wealth - defined as the sum of net worth and pension wealth - for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of household wealth: about 48% in the United States and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622581
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Verbesserung der Forschungsdateninfrastruktur im Bereich Hochvermögender mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)
Schröder, Carsten; Bartels, Charlotte; Göbler, Konstantin - 2020
Im fünften Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht der Bundesregierung wurde darauf hingewiesen, dass die Datenlage im Bereich hoher Vermögen unzureichend sei (BMAS, 2017). Zur Verbesserung der Datenlage haben wir eine neue Sampling-Strategie entwickelt und im Feld implementiert. In der gezogenen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254872
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The joint distribution of net worth and pension wealth in Germany
Bönke, Timm; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten; … - 2016
Research on wealth inequality usually focuses on real and financial assets, while pension wealth - the present value of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509340
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Improving the coverage of the top-wealth population in the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
Schröder, Carsten; Bartels, Charlotte; Göbler, Konstantin - 2020
We have developed and implemented a new sampling strategy to better represent very wealthy individuals in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Our strategy is based on the empirical regularity that the very wealthy have at least part of their assets invested in businesses, and that businesses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427324
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Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Subjective well-being (SWB) is generally argued to rise with relative income. However, direct evidence is scarce on whether and how intensively individuals undertake income comparisons, to whom they relate, and what they perceive their relative income to be. In this paper, novel data with direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635679
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Let bygones be bygones? Socialist regimes and personalities in Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the socialist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. We show that there are significant differences between former GDR and FRG residents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301384
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Positional income concers: Prevalence and relationship with personality and economic preferences
Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario; Pannenberg, Markus - 2014
This paper presents detailed evidence about who compares to whom in terms of relative income. We rely on representative survey data on the importance of income comparisons vis-a-vis seven reference groups, allowing us to exploit within-subject heterogeneity. We explore the prevalence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464365
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Positional Income Concerns: Prevalence and Relationship with Personality and Economic Preferences
Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario; Pannenberg, Markus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper presents detailed evidence about who compares to whom in terms of relative income. We rely on representative survey data on the importance of income comparisons vis-a-vis seven reference groups, allowing us to exploit within-subject heterogeneity. We explore the prevalence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267920