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Item Non-Response on Income and Wealth Questions
Riphahn, Regina T.; Serfling, Oliver - 2002
detailed survey and interviewer data from the German Socioeconomic Panel, considering a broad set of income and wealth outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262678
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The interaction between unit and item nonresponse in view of the reverse cooperation continuum
Serfling, Oliver - 2004
The paper addresses two questions. First, is item nonresponse (INR) a precursor of panel attrition (UNR), as predicted by the theory of a latent cooperation continuum, or is the interrelation of another type? Second, are the results in models of item nonresponse behavior affected by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390580
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A Statistical Model for Simple, Fast and Reliable Measurement of Poverty
Mathiassen, Astrid - 2006
The primus inter pares of the UN Millennium Development Goals is to reduce poverty. The only internationally accepted method of estimating poverty requires a measurement of total consumption based on a time and resource demanding household budget or integrated survey over 12 months. Rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968185
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The predictive ability of poverty models. Empirical Evidence from Uganda
Mathiassen, Astrid - 2008
This paper examines the performance of a particular method for predicting poverty. The method is a supplement to the approach of measuring poverty through a fully-fledged household expenditure survey. As most developing countries cannot justify the expenses of frequent household expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968330
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Multidimensional polarization of income and wealth: The extent and intensity of poverty and affluence
Scherg, Bettina - 2014
Income and wealth are important determinants of individual economic well-being because they are a fundamental resource … for consumption. Due to increasing inequality the distribution of income and wealth has moved more and more into the focus … multidimensional polarization of both income and wealth. Individual well-being is modeled by a well-being function directly affected by …
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Coronabedingte Ungleichheit und Armut in Deutschland: Überschätzt oder unterschätzt?
Dauderstädt, Michael - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 102 (2022) 1, pp. 64-66
Recent data from EU-SILC and Destatis seemed to indicate a dramatic increase in German inequality and poverty in the pandemic year 2020. But Destatis had changed its data collection method. Based on several studies, it is likely that the actual rise has been much weaker while the previous data...
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Nowcasting indicators of poverty risk in the European Union: A microsimulation approach
Navicke, Jekaterina; Rastrigina, Olga; Sutherland, Holly - 2013
policies. However, due to complicated nature of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331196
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Differences in inequality measurement: Ghana case study
Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023
Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently used in Ghana, have become useful in providing quantitative measures of welfare distribution that enable a better understanding of the extent and nature of inequality. From these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477461
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Approximations to the truth: Comparing survey and microsimulation approaches to measuring income for social indicators
Figari, Francesco; Iacovou, Maria; Skew, Alexandra; … - 2010
This paper evaluates income distributions in four European countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary) using two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288287
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Approximations to the truth: Comparing survey and microsimulation approaches to measuring income for social indicators
Figari, Francesco; Iacovou, Maria; Skew, Alexandra; … - 2010
In this paper, we evaluate income distributions in four European countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary) using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288979