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Cross-national differences in income poverty among Europe´s 50+
Hallberg, Daniel - 2006
This paper studies income poverty among the 50+ population in 10 EU countries using newly collected data from the SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) project. A measure of the household's disposable annual income is used. Relative income poverty range from 10 percent (in...
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The evolution of wages in early modern Normandy (1600-1850)
Chambru, Cédric; Maneuvrier-Hervieu, Paul - 2021
This paper presents new estimations of wages for Normandy between 1600 and 1850. We used a vast array of primary and … secondary sources to assemble two new databases on wages and commodity prices to establish a new regional consumer price index … resulting labour shortage, led to a convergence of wages across unskilled occupations and a relative catch-up with urban skilled …
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Who is on the rise in Austria: Wage mobility and mobility risk
Raferzeder, Thomas; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2004
In this paper we investigate earnings mobility in Austria from the angle of individual persons: earnings mobility over time has two aspects: positional changes and the volatility of earnings over time. Whereas the further is a positive outcome, more volatility as such can be seen as negative. We...
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Caste, ethnicity and poverty in rural India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002
This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The incidence of poverty among SC and ST households is significantly higher than non-scheduled households....
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Income and happiness: New results from generalized threshold and sequential models
Boes, Stefan; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2004
Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the most well-known representatives being the ordered logit and the ordered probit. However, these models restrict the marginal probability effects by design, and therefore limit the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315474
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Relative status and satisfaction
Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic status, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and income rank as an indicator of status. The results show that children appear to compare their actual economic status with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315482
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Parental separation and well-being of youths
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2003
This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315518
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Subjective well-being and the family: Results from an ordered probit model with multiple random effects
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2004
The previous literature on the determinants of individual well-being has failed to fully account for the interdependencies in well-being at the family level. This paper develops an ordered probit model with multiple random effects that allows to identify the intrafamily correlation in...
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Multi-dimensional poverty index and tackling interlocking deprivations in the Arab States
Nawar, Abdel-Hameed - 2014
Research into multidimensional poverty has gathered momentum in the last half decade, most notably in the aftermath of the global food and financial crises of 2007-2008. It has gained further momentum since the UNDP-OPHI launched the 2010 Human Development Report (HDR) and more recently as part...
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The poor, the prosperous and the 'inbetweeners': A fresh perspective on global society, inequality and growth
Edward, Peter; Sumner, Andy - 2014
What has happened to inequality between and within countries since 1990? In this paper we explore who have been the winners and losers from global growth since 1990. We find that falls in total global inequality in the last 30 years are predominantly attributable to rising prosperity in China....
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