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Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …
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Income-expenditure surveys typically provide incomes on the household level. As households can differ in size and needs …, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original … properties of two alternative conversion strategies: a weighting of household equivalent incomes by size and by needs. We use …
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Income-expenditure surveys typically provide incomes on the household level. As households can differ in size and needs …, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original … properties of two alternative conversion strategies: a weighting of household equivalent incomes by size and by needs. We use …
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intend to raise. Income inequality lowers output per worker only if the inequality is attributed in some part to unexpected …
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Household Panel Survey on Consumer Preferences and Satisfaction (JHPS-CPS), formerly known as the Preference Parameter Study …
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I study a model of a representative individual who has a motive for leaving bequests and is at risk of needing long-term care in old age. I assume - as is typical for OECD countries - that the individual is not fully insured against this risk. Moreover, at realization the individual is unable to...
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Der dringend notwendige Reformierungsbedarf in der sozialen Pflegeversicherung hat in jüngster Zeit verschiedene … Mehrausgaben verbunden ist und im Rahmen der Bürgerversicherung eine im Vergleich zum Status quo der Pflegeversicherung verschärfte …
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Presuming an ageing population, every introduction of a pay-as-you-go scheme causes intergenerational redistribution in favor of the first generations and to the burden of young and future generations. Using the concept of internal rates of return we want to examine the extent to which the first...
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I study a model of a representative individual who has a motive for leaving bequests and is at risk of needing long-term care in old age. I assume - as is typical for OECD countries - that the individual is not fully insured against this risk. Moreover, at realization the individual is unable to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283626
This paper evaluates income distributions in four European countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary) using two complementary approaches: a standard approach based on reported incomes in survey data, and a microsimulation approach, where taxes and benefits are simulated. Given that benefit...
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