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The British household panel survey and its income data
Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2010
This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288923
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Can I just check...? Effects of edit check questions on measurement error and survey estimates
Lugtig, Peter; Jäckle, Annette - 2011
Household income is difficult to measure, since it requires collecting information about all potential income sources for each member of a household. We assess the effects of two types of edit check questions on measurement error and survey estimates: within-wave edit checks use responses to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288974
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The structure of income in elderly households and relative poverty rates in Japan from the viewpoint of international comparisons
Murozumi, Masako; Shikata, Masato - 2008
We examine the poverty rates and the income configurations among Japan and the LIS countries. The LIS countries are Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone, couples only, living with their married children, living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335344
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Fertility and family income on the move: An international comparison over 20 Years
Dickmann, Nicola - 2003
different sources of family income try to clarify the reasons behind the observed developments over time. Furthermore, the often … family members. The paper ends with a brief discussion of the political implications of the findings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335545
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The effects on stature of poverty, family size and birth order: British children in the 1930s
Hatton, Timothy J.; Martin, Richard M. - 2008
quality (in the form of health outcomes) and the number of children in the family at a time when genuine poverty still existed … in Britain. Our results provide strong support both for negative birth order effects and negative family size effects on … positively influences the heights of children but, even after accounting for this, the number of children in the family still has …
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Consumer price behavior in Mexico under inflation targeting: A microdata approach
Ysusi, Carla - 2010
In this paper we do a statistical analysis of the Mexican Consumer Price Index microdata set to characterize the rigidities of the price setting process in the different sectors of the Mexican economy. The microdata set goes from July 2002 to December 2009. Broadly, results show that there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322593
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Consumer price adjustment under the microscope: Germany in a period of low inflation
Hoffmann, Johannes; Kurz-Kim, Jeong-Ryeol - 2006
We analyse the adjustment of retail and services prices in a period of low inflation, using a set of individual price data from the German Consumer Price Index that covers the years 1998 to 2003. We strong find evidence of time- and statedependent price adjustment. Most importantly, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604698
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Dynamische Preissetzung im Onlinehandel: zur langfristigen Anwendung von automatisierter Preiserhebung
Hansen, Malte - In: WISTA - Wirtschaft und Statistik 72 (2020) 3, pp. 14-23
der Datenerhebung für den Verbraucherpreisindex erforderlich sind. Das Statistische Bundesamt arbeitet deshalb seit …
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Einsatz von Scannerdaten während der COVID-19-Pandemie
Koch, Julia; Erdemsiz, Baran - In: WISTA – Wirtschaft und Statistik 72 (2020) 4, pp. 96-106
des Verbraucherpreisindex genutzt werden. Der Aufsatz beschreibt den Einsatz von Scannerdaten während der COVID-19 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268165
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Dynamische Preissetzung im Onlinehandel: zu den Auswirkungen auf den Verbraucherpreisindex
Hansen, Malte - In: WISTA – Wirtschaft und Statistik 72 (2020) 5, pp. 91-102
monatlichen Preiserhebung und Berechnung des Verbraucherpreisindex berücksichtigt diese Entwicklung nur ansatzweise. Die … dynamische Preissetzung könnte damit Verzerrungen im derzeitigen Verbraucherpreisindex verursachen. Aus diesem Grund hat das … für den Verbraucherpreisindex. …
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