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The development of multidimensional poverty in Germany 1985 - 2007
Busch, Christopher; Peichl, Andreas - 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/10003960105
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The application of the capability approach to high-income OECD countries : a preliminary survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - 2011
The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income … ; high income countries ; general well being ; poverty ; human development ; assessing capabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011367
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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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A satisfaction-driven poverty indicator : a bustle around the poverty line
Juhász, Andos - 2012 - This version: 30. July 2012
Poverty line definitions in use often lack a solid scientific foundation. This paper proposes to exploit data on income … explain income dissatisfaction best among all dichotomizations of income. To this end, several model settings are considered … lines is also investigated. -- Household income ; poverty line ; income satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578805
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Reference income effects in the determination of equivalence scales using income satisfaction data
Borah, Melanie; Knabe, Andreas; Kuhställer, Carina - 2016
We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend … previous studies applying this approach by taking reference income into account. This allows separating needs-based from … reference effects in the determination of income satisfaction. We show that this adjustment helps to overcome a bias causing an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547742
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Poverty profiles and well-being : panel evidence from Germany
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2015 - This version: February 2015
We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493169
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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/10011413300
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Parental Child Care Time, Income and Subjective Well-Being : A Multidimensional Polarization Approach for Germany
Merz, Joachim - 2019
Neither market income nor consumption expenditure provides an adequate picture of individual standard of living. It is … polarization effects of parental child care where compensation/substitution of time for parental child care versus income is … multidimensional polarization intensity information for the poor and the rich and disentangles the single time and income contribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870361
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Reference Income Effects in the Determination of Equivalence Scales Using Income Satisfaction Data
Borah, Melanie - 2016
We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend … previous studies applying this approach by taking reference income into account. This allows separating needs-based from … reference effects in the determination of income satisfaction. We show that this adjustment helps to overcome a bias causing an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979128
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Time, income and subjective well-being - interdependent multidimensional polarization: 20 Years in Germany
Merz, Joachim; Scherg, Bettina - 2022
Society drifts apart in many dimensions. Economists focus on income of the poor and rich and the distribution of income … of multidimensional polarization we extend the income dimension by time, a pre-requisite and fundamental resource of any …) polarization compensation between time and income, parameters of a CES-type subjective well-being function, is evaluated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013258566