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Representative Wealth Data for Germany from the German SOEP: The Impact of Methodological Decisions around Imputation and the Choice of the Aggregation Unit
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Sierminska, Eva M. - 2007
The definition and operationalization of wealth information in population surveys and the corresponding microdata requires a wide range of more or less normative assumptions. However, the decisions made in both the pre- and post-data-collection stage may interfere considerably with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324233
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Examining the gender wealth gap in Germany
Sierminska, Eva M.; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
Welfare-oriented analyses of economic outcome measures such as income and wealth generally rest on the assumption of pooled and equally shared resources among all household members. Yet the lack of individual-level data hampers the distribution of income and wealth within the household context....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324262
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Examining the gender wealth gap in Germany
Sierminska, Eva M.; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
Welfare-oriented analyses of economic outcome measures such as income and wealth generally rest on the assumption of pooled and equally shared resources among all household members. Yet the lack of individual-level data hampers the distribution of income and wealth within the household context....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324271
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Multidimensional Measurement of Richness: Theory and an Application to Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010
Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper provides similar measures for the top of the distribution using a dual cutoff method to identify individuals, who can be considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600937
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Extending the Empirical Basis for Wealth Inequality Research Using Statistical Matching of Administrative and Survey Data
Rasner, Anika; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2011
Social security entitlements are a substantial source of wealth that grows in importance over the individual's lifecycle. Despite its quantitative relevance, social security wealth has been thus far omitted from wealth inequality analyses. In Germany, it is the lack of adequate micro data that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601001
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Multidimensional measurement of richness: Theory and an application to Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010
Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper provides similar measures for the top of the distribution using a dual cutoff method to identify individuals, who can be considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269775
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Poverty and wealth reporting of the German Government: Approach, lessons and critique
Arndt, Christian; Volkert, Jürgen - 2009
The Capability Approach has been adopted as a theoretical framework for official Poverty and Wealth Reports by the German government. For the first time, this paper provides information on the use of the Capability Approach in this reporting process to international readers. We show the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270654
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A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2007
This paper investigates the source of the gap in the relative wealth position of immigrant households residing in Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are largely the result of disparity in the educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274282
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A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2007
This paper investigates the source of the gap in the relative wealth position of immigrant households residing in Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are largely the result of disparity in the educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274301
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Ungleichheit unter der Lupe – neue politische Antworten auf ein bekanntes Thema
Niehues, Judith; Stockhausen, Maximilian; Peichl, Andreas; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 73 (2020) 02, pp. 03-26
Ungleichheit insgesamt ansteige. Dies bedeute jedoch nicht, dass es einer Person, die vorher in Deutschland lebe, schlechter gehe … Markteinkommen in Deutschland in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten drastisch gestiegen ist, da die Kapiteleinkommen stärker gewachsen sind … Immobiliengewinnern zählten Haushalte, die über Immobilienvermögen verfügen und das sei im "Mieterland Deutschland" noch nicht einmal …
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