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Multidimensional Well-Being at the Top: Evidence for Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011
This paper employs a multidimensional approach for the measurement of well-being at the top of the distribution using German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material well-being, we include health as a proxy for nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601067
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Multidimensional well-being at the top: Evidence for Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011
This paper employs a multidimensional approach for the measurement of well-being at the top of the distribution using German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material well-being, we include health as a proxy for nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282585
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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
, 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 assistance, expert based, or poverty scales), or adopt a single scale for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290104
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Relative inequality and poverty in Germany and the United States using alternative equivalence scales
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Smeeding, Timothy M.; Merz, Joachim - 1994
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290126
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Relative inequality and poverty in Germany and the United States using alternative equivalence scales
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Smeeding, Timothy M.; Merz, Joachim - 1994
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups … income ; inequality ; poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667623
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Relative inequality and poverty in Germany and the United States using alternative equivalence scales
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Smeeding, Timothy M.; Merz, Joachim - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000591232
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Multidimensional well-being at the top : evidence for Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - In: Fiscal studies : the journal of the Institute for … 34 (2013) 3, pp. 355-371
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224760
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Two scales, one methodology : expenditure based equivalence scales for the United States and Germany
Merz, Joachim; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 1994
, 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 assistance, expert based, or poverty scales), or adopt a single scale for … ; poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667627
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Shifting taxes from labor to consumption : efficient, but regressive?
Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - 2013
Shifting taxes from labor income to consumption is regularly suggested as a measure to induce work incentives. We investigate the effect of increases in the Value Added Tax on labor supply and the income distribution in Germany, which is compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225955
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Shifting taxes from labor to consumption : efficient, but regressive?
Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - 2013
Shifting taxes from labor income to consumption is regularly suggested as a measure to induce work incentives. We investigate the effect of increases in the Value Added Tax on labor supply and the income distribution in Germany, which is compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241589