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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 - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
-specific equivalence scales developed for Germany and the United States by Merz et al. (1993). We verify previous studies that show that … inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837119
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Human Capital Investments in Children: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries
Merz, Joachim; Österbacka, Eva; Zick, Cathleen D. - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 2010
composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642749
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Sind Rentner zufriedener? Eine Panelanalyse von Antizipations- und Adaptionseffekten
Merz, Joachim - 2015
life satisfaction before and after retirement in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282680
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Human capital investments in children: A comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries
Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - 2010
composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272656
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The Impact of German Job Protection Legislation on Job Creation in Small Establishments - An Application of the Regression Discontinuity Design
Merz, Joachim - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 2005
One proposal frequently raised to increase flexibility of the German labour market is the liberalization of the job protection law. It applies to those establishments with more than a cut-off number of employees. The argument examined in this paper is that this step in legal regulation hinders...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535605
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Human capital investments in children –A comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries
Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - In: electronic International Journal of Time Use Research 9 (2012) 1, pp. 120-143
countries: Finland, Germany, and the United States (as social democratic, conservative and liberal welfare regime). Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010682624
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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
based on a revealed preference consumption approach for West Germany and the United States. We review several approaches and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290104
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Equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption expenditure microdata: The case of West Germany
Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - 1992
Germany 1983. It is a part of a joint US and German research project comparing equivalence scales with consistent methods and … Germany based on actual available individual consumption expendituredata shows a variety of interesting results with regard to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290122
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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
-specific equivalence scales developed for Germany and the United States by Merz et al. (1993). We verify previous studies that show that … inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290126
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Human capital investments in children: A comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries
Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - 2010
composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290473