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The personal distribution of income and imputed rent : a cross-national comparison for the UK, West Germany, and the USA

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2002

differences between the Anglo-Saxon countries and Germany in terms of prevalence and extent of IR as well as in terms of the …

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New technology-based firms in Germany : a survey of the recent evidence

Licht, Georg; Nerlinger, Eric A. - 1997

concerning NTBFs in Germany. The issues covered include the incidence of start-ups firms in Germany's technology …, adoption and diffusion of technology. The public support and policy initiatives for new technology-based firms in Germany are …

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Wealth distribution within couples

Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - 2013

While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German socio-economic panel study. In married and cohabiting couples...

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The joint distribution of net worth and pension wealth in Germany

Bönke, Timm; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten; … - 2016

of the two) in Germany. Further, we investigate age‐wealth‐profiles and differences between East and West Germany. …

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Income and wealth inequality after the financial crisis : the case of Germany

Grabka, Markus M. - 2015

paper we focus on the short-term distributional effects in Germany, as this country was one of the OECD countries which had … the German Socio Economic Panel which is a representative longitudinal survey of private households in Germany. This … in Germany. Our main finding is that we do not find any significant distributional changes during the Great Recession …

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Transitioning towards more equality? : wealth gender differences and the changing role of explanatory factors over time

Sierminska, Eva; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Grabka, Markus M. - 2019

gap in Germany over the period 2002-2012 using individual level microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel. The …

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The distinct features of hidden champions in Germany : a dynamic capabilities view

Rammer, Christian; Spielkamp, Alfred - 2019

Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on German firms, we identify a representative sample of...

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Digitization and knowledge spillover effectiveness : evidence from the "German Mittelstand"

Proeger, Till; Runst, Petrik - 2019

The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship (KSTE) considers determinants of knowledge diffusion as well as their impact on entrepreneurial activities and growth. Extending the KSTE, the role of incumbent firms for the broad diffusion of new knowledge has been emphasized. For those firms,...

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A head-to-head comparison of augmented wealth in Germany and the United States

Bönke, Timm; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten; … - 2017

and pension wealth - for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of … household wealth: about 48% in the United States and 61% in Germany. The higher share in Germany narrows the wealth gap between … Germany, augmented wealth (US$651,000) is only 1.4 times higher. Further, the inclusion of pension wealth in household wealth …

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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 - 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...

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