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Development of family income since the 1990s : a fresh look at German microdata using income-dependent equivalence scales
Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Ott, Notburga; Pehle, Sebastian; … - 2018
Income inequality and poverty risks receive a lot of attention in public debates and current research. However, the situation of families that di?er in size and composition is rarely considered more closely in this context. Relevant research typically relies on equivalence scales to make income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011919611
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Assessing differences in household needs : a comparison of approaches for the estimation of equivalence scales using German expenditure data
Dudel, Christian; Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Schmied, Julian - 2017
this paper, we employ German household expenditure data to estimate exact equivalence scales using several parametric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764530
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Retailers and Consumers : the pass-through of import price changes
Berner, Eike; Birg, Laura; Boddin, Dominik - 2016 - Überarbeitete Version: Juni 2016
In this paper, we estimate pass-through rates of import price changes to retail prices across retailers and consumers for apparel purchases in Germany for the period of 2000 to 2007. We find that high-price retailers do not pass through changes in the import price. Pass-through rates for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488657
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Do couples pool their income? : evidence from demand system estimation for Germany
Beznoska, Martin - 2019
Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) framework, which allows for an endogenous expenditure budget and endogenous … are significant differences regarding the marital status, the presence of at least one child in the household and whether … the household is located in a former West or East German federal state. Married couples and couples with children are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231157
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Do couples pool their income? : evidence from demand system estimation for Germany
Beznoska, Martin - 2019
Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) framework, which allows for an endogenous expenditure budget and endogenous … are significant differences regarding the marital status, the presence of at least one child in the household and whether … the household is located in a former West or East German federal state. Married couples and couples with children are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011972980
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Precautionary and Entrepreneurial Saving : New Evidence from German Households
Fossen, Frank M.; Rostam‐Afschar, Davud - 2009
The well-documented positive correlation between income risk and wealth was interpreted as evidence for high amounts of precautionary wealth in various studies. However, the large estimates emerged from pooling non-entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs without controlling for heterogeneity. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202213
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Switching on Electricity Demand Response : Evidence for German Households
Frondel, Manuel - 2016
changes, whereas the electricity demand of uninformed households is entirely price-inelastic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978685
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Switching on electricity demand response : evidence for German households
Frondel, Manuel; Kussel, Gerhard - 2018
Empirical evidence on households' awareness of electricity prices and potentially divergent demand responses to price … demand of uninformed households is entirely price-inelastic. Based on these results, to curb the electricity consumption of … the household sector and its environmental impact, we suggest implementing low-cost information measures on a large scale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897241
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Switching on Electricity Demand Response : Evidence for German Households
Frondel, Manuel - 2018
Empirical evidence on households' awareness of electricity prices and potentially divergent demand responses to price … demand of uninformed households is entirely price-inelastic. Based on these results, to curb the electricity consumption of … the household sector and its environmental impact, we suggest implementing low-cost information measures on a large scale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916541
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Development of Family Income Since the 1990s : A Fresh Look at German Microdata Using Income-Dependent Equivalence Scales
Garbuszus, Jan Marvin - 2018
Income inequality and poverty risks receive a lot of attention in public debates and current research. However, the situation of families that differ in size and composition is rarely considered more closely in this context. Relevant research typically relies on equivalence scales to make income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909285