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Income satisfaction inequality and its causes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to … analogue of the objective income concept and includes objective income inequality as a special case. The paper introduces a … method to decompose Income Satisfaction Inequality according to the contributions from variables such as income, education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326418
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Relative income distribution in six European countries : market and disposable income
Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2015
The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur … together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010471715
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Punching up or punching down? : how stereotyping the rich and the poor impacts redistributive preferences in Germany
Diermeier, Matthias; Fischer, Madeleine L.; Niehues, Judith - 2023
Redistribution and the welfare state have been linked by academic discourse to narratives that portray specific societal groups as 'deserving' or 'undeserving'. The present analysis contributes to this scholarship in a twofold manner. First, it provides a holistic view on the beneficiaries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014234221
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The development of multidimensional poverty in Germany 1985 - 2007
Busch, Christopher; Peichl, Andreas - 2010
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003960105
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The Development of Multidimensional Poverty in Germany 1985-2007
Busch, Christopher - 2010
This paper deals with concepts of multidimensional poverty measurement and applies them to Germany. Three concepts of poverty are examined and included into one multidimensional approach: economic well being, capability and social exclusion. The empirical application relies on indices introduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143684
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Trends of Children's Height and Parental Unemployment : A Large-Scale Anthropometric Study on Eastern Germany, 1994 - 2006
Baten, Jörg; Böhm, Andreas - 2021
The average height of children is an indicator for the quality of nutrition and health care. Heights have never declined over longer time spans in Eastern Germany since 1880 - except for the most recent period 1997-2006. In the Eastern German Land of Brandenburg, a data set of 253,050 pre-school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316616
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Poverty Dynamics in Four OECD Countries
Antolin, Pablo; Dang, Thai-Thanh; Oxley, Howard - 2014
This study examines the dynamics of poverty for four OECD countries (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States). It provides information on patterns of poverty, which groups stay in poverty the longest, and household/individual characteristics and life-course events which appear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159691
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Targeting and Self-Targeting in a New Social Assistance Scheme
Micklewright, John; Coudouel, Aline; Marnie, Sheila - 2021
The analysis of targeting of cash benefits is typically silent on whether any success is due to encouraging claims from the poor or to the decisions of administrators on the claims they receive. By contrast, the paper models the probabilities of households' knowledge of a new social assistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319320
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Sinkende Geburtenraten als Herausforderung für den Wohlfahrtsstaat : Lösungswege der Familien- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik im internationalen Vergleich
Groß, Thomas; Hardmeier, Sibylle - 2009
Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf einem 16-Ländersample und unter Zuhilfenahme des neuen MVQCA-Ansatzes (eine Weiterentwicklung der QCA-Methode) werden unterschiedliche europäische familienpolitische...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805046
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Familienpolitische Regulierungen im internationalen Vergleich
Groß, Thomas - 2007
Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf einem 16-Ländersample und unter Zuhilfenahme des neuen MVQCA-Ansatzes (eine Weiterentwicklung der QCA-Methode) werden unterschiedliche europäische familienpolitische...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003476560