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Pooling and sharing income within households: A satisfaction approach
Elsas, Susanne - 2013
Standard household economics assumes that couples pool their incomes and share the sum equally, which is a necessary prerequisite for computing equivalent incomes and hence all statements about the distribution of personal incomes and income poverty. However, since cohabitation without marriage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322523
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Intra-household Time Allocation: Gender Differences in Caring for Children
García, Inmaculada; Molina, José Alberto; Montuenga, … - 2009
Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels für Deutschland (SOEP), inwieweit selbständige Ausländer in Deutschland überdurchschnittlich hohe Einkommen erzielen. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass ausländische Selbständige insgesamt höhere Einkommen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600841
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Suddenly a stay-at-home dad? Short- and long-term consequences of fathers' job loss on time investment in the household
Hennecke, Juliane; Pape, Astrid - 2020
Commonly described as the "gender care gap", there is a persistent gender difference in the division of domestic responsibilities in most developed countries. We provide novel evidence on the short- and long-run effects of an exogenous shock on paternal availability, through a job loss, on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012320267
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Intra-household Time Allocation: Gender Differences in Caring for Children
García, Inmaculada; Molina, José Alberto; Montuenga, … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels für Deutschland (SOEP), inwieweit selbständige Ausländer in Deutschland überdurchschnittlich hohe Einkommen erzielen. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass ausländische Selbständige insgesamt höhere Einkommen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017367
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Pooling and Sharing Income within Households: A Satisfaction Approach
Elsas, Susanne - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Standard household economics assumes that couples pool their incomes and share the sum equally, which is a necessary prerequisite for computing equivalent incomes and hence all statements about the distribution of personal incomes and income poverty. However, since cohabitation without marriage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896260
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Wealth Distribution within Couples and Financial Decision Making
Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). In married and cohabiting couples,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896274
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Information asymmetries between parents and educators in German childcare institutions
Camehl, Georg F.; Schober, Pia S.; Spiess, Christa Katharina - 2017
Economic theory predicts market failure in the market for early childhood education and care (ECEC) due to information asymmetries. We empirically investigate information asymmetries between parents and ECEC professionals in Germany, making use of a unique extension of the German Socio-Economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011748467
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Precautionary Savings by Natives and Immigrants in Germany
Piracha, Matloob; Zhu, Yu - 2007
remittances into account. Moreover, we find that marginal propensity to save for immigrants is about 40% higher than that for … naturalization has caused significant reductions of savings and remittances for immigrants as a whole, in the magnitude of 13% and 29 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600679
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Bringing Home the Money: Xenophobia and Remittances: The Case of Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2008
The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In … contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of … individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600738
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Gender, Migration, Remittances: Evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2008
Gender-specific determinants of remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In …-specific determinants of remittances from Germany. Here we attempt to fill this gap, focusing on gender roles and network effects. We … and friends. This finding is in sharp contrast to previous studies on remittances. It makes clear that there is little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600757