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A New Framework of Measuring Inequality: Variable Equivalence Scales and Group-Specific Well-Being Limits ; Sensitivity Findings for German Personal Income Distribution 1995-2009

Faik, Jürgen - 2011

The discussion paper examines sensitivity influences on the German personal income distribution in a time-series perspective and in a methodically broad manner. The author spins on the following "adjusting screws" of distributional analyses: (1) different kinds of equivalence scales, (2)...

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Two scales, one methodology: Expenditure based equivalence scales for the United States and Germany

Merz, Joachim; Garner, Thesia; Smeeding, Timothy M.; … - 1994

Choosing an appropriate equivalence scale is a prerequisite for comparisons of economic well-being income distribution, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons. Researchers generally either use a country specific equivalence scale (social...

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Equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption expenditure microdata: The case of West Germany

Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - 1992

-Mikrodaten offenbarter Präferenzen für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1983 vor. Es ist ein Teil eines amerikanisch … Deutschland auf der Basis von aktuell verfügbaren individuellen Konsumausgaben zeigt eine Vielfalt interessanter Resultate …

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