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Poverty Profiles and Well-Being: Panel Evidence from Germany
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199854
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A Behaviouristic Approach for Measuring Poverty: The Decomposition Approach ; Empirical Illustrations for Germany 1995-2009
Faik, Jürgen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition …'s mean welfare level, does not exist, on principle, in the decomposition approach. Present author's own calculations reveal … levels of the decomposition approach can be interpreted as upper limits for the "true" level of poverty, and, conversely, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147485
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Endogeneity in the Relation between Poverty, Wealth and Life Satisfaction
Hajek, André - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational autonomy or employment status and also the mentioned life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010717496
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The Socio-Economic Module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE): Description, Structure, and Questionnaire
Böckenhoff, Anke; Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128949
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Poverty is a public bad: Panel evidence from subjective well-being data
Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2016
Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty. Using panel data for 39,239 individuals living in Germany from 2005-2013, we show that people's SWB is negatively correlated with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594503
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A Behaviouristic Approach for Measuring Poverty: The Decomposition Approach ; Empirical Illustrations for Germany 1995-2009
Faik, Jürgen - 2011
In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition …'s mean welfare level, does not exist, on principle, in the decomposition approach. Present author's own calculations reveal … levels of the decomposition approach can be interpreted as upper limits for the "true" level of poverty, and, conversely, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601025
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Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?
Flèche, Sarah; Layard, Richard - 2015
Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia, Britain and Germany to broaden the analysis. We ask first how many of those in the lowest levels of life-satisfaction suffer from unemployment, poverty, physical ill health, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314547
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Endogeneity in the relation between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction
Hajek, André - 2013
This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational autonomy or employment status and also the mentioned life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327286
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Parental child care time, income, and subjective well-being: A multidimensional polarization approach for Germany
Merz, Joachim; Peters, Normen - 2019
Neither market income nor consumption expenditure provides an adequate picture of individual standard of living. It is time which enables and restricts individual activities and is a further brick to a more comprehensive picture of individual well-being. In our study we focus on a prominent part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985356
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The socio-economic module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE): Description, structure, and questionnaire
Böckenhoff, Anke; Sassenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - 2013
The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317554