We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index …, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann …

We discuss and compare fi…ve measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index …, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann …

objective grip strength measure, we provide evidence of the presence of income-related reporting heterogeneity in generic health … of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure …. The highest degree of inequality is found when dichotomized subjective health measures like health satisfaction or self …

objective grip strength measure, we provide evidence of the presence of income-related reporting heterogeneity in generic health … of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure …. The highest degree of inequality is found when dichotomized subjective health measures like health satisfaction or self …

wealth and income distribution can significantly diverge. We measure ex-ante IOp in net wealth for Germany using data from …While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is … wealth before effort is exerted. The SOEP allows for a direct mapping from individual circumstances to individual net wealth …

Using the 2015 introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany as a quasi-experiment, I investigate the effects of …

This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past … based on a structural model of household labor supply. For West Germany, a positive effect of marital sorting on inequality … participation. In East Germany, the impact of marital sorting on inequality is highly disequalizing irrespective of adjusting for …

In Germany, two observations can be tracked over the past 15 to 20 years: First, income inequality has constantly … increased while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies … change in income inequality. It appears that inequality would also have increased without this demographic trend. But its …

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly … increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies … in income distribution. In order to do so, we are using a decomposition of changes in inequality measures over time …

German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material well-being, we include health as a proxy for … distribution of income has become more concentrated at the top, the concentration at the top of the multidimensional well …-being distribution has decreased over time. Moreover, health as well as life satisfaction contribute quite substantially to …