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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 …

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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 …

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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

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The Effect of Family Income During Childhood on Later-Life Attainment: Evidence from Germany

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Schluter, Christian - 2002

We examine the impact of family income during childhood on the type of secondary school that German children attend, a good indicator of their lifetime socioeconomic attainment. By contrast with several US child outcome studies, we find that late-childhood income is a more important determinant...

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