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Matching household surveys with DHS data to create nationally representative time series of poverty : an application to Bolivia
Grosse, Melanie; Klasen, Stephan; Spatz, Julius - 2009 - This version: December 19, 2009
Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … paper, we adjust a technique developed for poverty mapping exercises to link urban household income surveys with DHS data to … validation tests, is superior to proxying welfare with asset ownership in the DHS, and is able to generate new information on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258036
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Income distribution in Germany : real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190
remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …
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Income inequality in Germany stagnating over the long term, but decreasing slightly during the coronavirus pandemic
Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 17/18, pp. 125-133
Both wages and needs-adjusted household income increased by ten percent between 2013 and 2018, benefiting all income groups. Wage inequality has been declining for many years and has now again reached the level of the early 2000s. At the same time, the low-wage sector shrank by two percentage...
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Real incomes increasing, low-income rate decreasing in individual age groups
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 17/18, pp. 231-239
immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221961
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Creating National Poverty Profiles and Growth Incidence Curves with Incomplete Income or Consumption Expenditure Data: An Application to Bolivia
Spatz, Julius; Klasen, Stephan; Grosse, Melanie - 2006
(DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … technique developed for poverty mapping exercises to link urban household income surveys with DHS data to generate a time series … incomes from assets in the DHS, and is able to generate new information on poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296009
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Matching Household Surveys with DHS Data to Create Nationally Representative Time Series of Poverty: An Application to Bolivia
Grosse, Melanie; Klasen, Stephan; Spatz, Julius - 2009
Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … paper, we adjust a technique developed for poverty mapping exercises to link urban household income surveys with DHS data to … validation tests, is superior to proxying welfare with asset ownership in the DHS, and is able to generate new information on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329887
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Real income rose significantly between 1991 and 2014 on average: First indication of return to increased income inequality
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 5, pp. 47-57
stagnated or even decreased in the interim periods. The proportion of people at risk of poverty has recently become greater … again. Gainful employment still provides the most effective protection against income poverty, but more and more employed … childless coupled households - this could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594590
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Realeinkommen sind von 1991 bis 2014 im Durchschnitt gestiegen: Erste Anzeichen für wieder zunehmende Einkommensungleichheit
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 4, pp. 71-82
proportion of people at risk of poverty has also recently increased. Gainful employment still provides the most effective … protection against income poverty, but more and more employed persons are at risk of becoming poor. Containment of the low wage … could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594766
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Income distribution in Germany: Real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190
remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011858987
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Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland: Realeinkommen sind seit 1991 gestiegen, aber mehr Menschen beziehen Niedrigeinkommen
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Wochenbericht 85 (2018) 21, pp. 449-459
Zwischen 1991 und 2015 sind die verfügbaren bedarfsgewichteten Einkommen der Personen in privaten Haushalten in Deutschland real im Durchschnitt um 15 Prozent gestiegen. Der größte Teil der Bevölkerung hat von diesen realen Einkommenszuwächsen profitiert, die Gruppen am unteren Ende der...
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