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Die Mittelschicht in Deutschland : vielschichtig und stabil
Niehues, Judith - In: IW-Trends : die vierteljährliche Zeitschrift zur … 44 (2017) 1, pp. 3-20
Die Mittelschicht steht häufig im Zentrum von Verteilungsanalysen. Es besteht allerdings keine eindeutige Abgrenzung … Abgrenzung des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (IW Köln) gehörte ein Alleinlebender im Jahr 2014 zur (Einkommens-)Mittelschicht … Entwicklung seit 1991 kann in drei Phasen eingeteilt werden: Zunächst stieg der Anteil der Mittelschicht im Zuge des ostdeutschen …
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Die Mittelschicht im Fokus : Abgrenzung, Entwicklung und Mobilität
Niehues, Judith; Stockhausen, Maximilian - In: IW-Trends : die vierteljährliche Zeitschrift zur … 49 (2022) 2, pp. 27-54
Mobilitätskennzahlen belegen eine beachtliche Stabilität bei der Zugehörigkeit zur Mittelschicht: In zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Jahren … Aufstiegen aus den unteren Einkommensbereichen in die Mittelschicht etwas verringert. Im Generationenvergleich zeigt sich, dass … Mittelschicht zeichnen und darüber hinaus einen deutlichen Rückgang der Sorgen um die eigene finanzielle Situation in allen …
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Income inequality and job satisfaction of full-time employees in Germany
Wunder, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2006
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), it is shown that income comparison with persons who are better off has a clear impact on the job satisfaction of West German full-time employees. Two contrary effects can be identified. On the one hand, there is an aversion to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310956
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009 - Rev. version
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894063
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between the United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909517
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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/10008825579
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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/10003944260
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Multidimensional affluence in income and wealth in the Eurozone : a cross-country comparison using the HFCS
Kontbay-Busun, Sine; Peichl, Andreas - 2015
This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries. We start our analysis by examining the income and wealth distributions separately for each country, and extend it to a multidimensional setting by considering the joint...
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The BIP Trilogy (bipolarization, inequality and polarization) : one saga but three different stories
Deutsch, Joseph; Fusco, Alessio; Silber, Jacques - 2013
Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and polarization and then suggests using the so-called Shapley...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747421
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The BIP trilogy (bipolarization, inequality and polarization) : one saga but three different stories
Deutsch, Joseph; Fusco, Alessio; Silber, Jacques - 2012
Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and polarization. It then shows that a close look at the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009628170