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Alternative Wohlstandsmessung : neun Indikatoren können das Bruttoinlandsprodukt ergänzen und relativieren

Giesselmann, Marco; Hilmer, Richard; Siegel, Nico A.; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 9, pp. 3-12

Numerous people in Germany, including politicians and researchers, believe that the gross domestic product (GDP) is an … relevance of various policy areas for different social groups. -- GDP ; GDP and beyond ; quality of life ; Germany ; SOEP …, established a study commission (Enquete-Kommission) tasked with developing an alternative to the GDP for measuring growth …

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Volksvertreter sind risikofreudiger als das Volk

Heß, Moritz; Scheve, Christian von; Schupp, Jürgen; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 10, pp. 17-21

In der Politik sind wie im Geschäftsleben oft riskante beziehungsweise gefährliche Entscheidungen zu treffen, bei denen die Ergebnisse nur schwer oder gar nicht prognostizierbar sind. Da Menschen in ihren Einstellungen gegenüber Risiken und Gefahren variieren, ist es vernünftig, dass in...

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Gesamtwirtschaftliche Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung nicht übermäßig hoch

Bach, Stefan - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 27, pp. 3-9

The macroeconomic tax ratio in relation to GDP is expected to be 23.6 percent in 2013, including social security …

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¿Por qué el distanciamiento ideológico disminuye la provisión de bienes públicos? ; una explicación basada en el empleo clientelar

Gatica Arreola, Leonardo A. - In: Estudios de economía 39 (2012) 1, pp. 27-51

This paper presents a model of political competition to explore the effect that the ideological distance between two political parties has over the provision of public goods. The main result argues that the ideological distance between parties and citizens has a negative relationship with the...

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Una aproximación a la construcción de un indicador de pobreza multidimensional : cuáles son los focos de riesgo en España?

Poza Lara, Carlos; Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 10 (2010), pp. 43-72

The aim of this paper is to construct a multidimensional poverty indicator, to detect the main poverty risk focuses in Spain. The indicator, which has been developed through a second-order factor analysis, consists of an objective and a subjective part, which incorporate various dimensions such...

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¿Qué factores explican la pobreza multidimensional en España? . una aproximación a través de los modelos de ecuaciones estructurales

Poza Lara, Carlos; Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 12 (2011), pp. 81-110

The aim of this study is to present the most important factors that explain multidimensional poverty in Spain, highlighting the relationships between the explanatory elements themselves in the spirit of enhancing the effects of poverty policy. For this purpose, we have designed a Structural...

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Distribution of poverty and inequality indices for various groups in Greece using the bootstrap technique

Aggelopoulou, Dimitra; Zografakis, Stavros; Sypsas, … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 2, pp. 81-97

The present work estimates poverty and inequality indices in various groups that are known to have high contributions to poverty and inequality, such as farmers, pensioners and families with 3 or more children. Using the bootstrap technique, we estimate confidence intervals for these indices and...

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Distribución espacial de la pobreza en Chile

Agostini, Claudio A.; Brown, Philip H.; Góngora, Diana … - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 1, pp. 79-110

Chile's recent success in reducing poverty has been remarkable, with poverty rates falling by approximately two-thirds over the last 20 years. However, further gains against poverty may be inhibited by the increasing difficulty associated with targeting fewer poor people and better, more...

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The impact of income adjustments in the CASEN survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile

Bravo, David; Valderrama Torres, José A. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 43-65

The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty...

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Höhepunkt der Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland überschritten?

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 43, pp. 3-15

New analyses of personal income distribution in Germany, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP … Germany. However, the latter showed a further spread at the lower end of disposable income distribution. In the course of this … development, the poverty risk in western Germany fell slightly from 2009 to 2010, while it remained unchanged in the eastern part …

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