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Demografie und Ungleichheit : der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland
Peichl, Andreas (contributor); Pestel, Nico (contributor);  … - 2009
In Germany, two observations can be tracked over the past 15 to 20 years: First, income inequality has constantly increased while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes, which take into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859316
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Relative inequality and poverty in Germany and the United States using alternative equivalence scales
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Smeeding, Timothy M.; Merz, Joachim - 1994
Äquivalenzskalen ; Deutschland ; USA ; Einkommensverteilung ; Ungleichheit ; Armut …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667623
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Explaining rising income inequality in Germany 1991 - 2010
Schmid, Kai D.; Stein, Ulrike - 2013
In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim to identify the main drivers of this rise in income inequality since the early 1990s. We provide a broad overview of the circumstances under which inequality evolved, i.e. which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200870
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Does the choice of well-being measure matter empirically? : an illustration with German data
Decancq, Koen; Neumann, Dirk - 2014
We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities of the individuals. After examining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423769
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Was erklärt hohe Arbeitseinkommen der Selbstständigen? : eine Mikroanalyse mit Daten des sozio-ökonomischen Panels
Hirschel, Dierk; Merz, Joachim - 2004
Die Legitimität von Ungleichheit in der Einkommensverteilung basiert in Marktökonomien auf den Annahmen einer Dominanz … Einkommensbereichs (Armutsforschung) auf eine lange Tradition zurückblicken kann, ist der obere Bereich der Einkommensverteilung … Arbeitseinkommen, Einkommensverteilung und Reichtum, Selbständige. -- Wohlfahrt ; Hohe Arbeitseinkommen ; Einkommensverteilung und …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009678074
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Does the choice of well-being measure matter empirically? : an illustration with German data
Decancq, Koen; Neumann, Dirk - 2014
We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities of the individuals. After examining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462001
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Explaining Rising Income Inequality in Germany, 1991-2010
Schmid, Kai - 2013
In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim to identify the main drivers of this rise in income inequality since the early 1990s. We provide a broad overview of the circumstances under which inequality evolved, i.e. which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074614
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Relative Inequality and Poverty in Germany and the United States Using Alternative Equivalence Scales
Merz, Joachim - 2009
German and United States data from the Luxembourg Income Study are used to compare the relative economic well-being of Germans and Americans in the 1980s. In our analysis we use both official equivalence scales and consumption-based country-specific equivalence scales developed for Germany and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159252
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Poverty in early modern Europe : new approaches to old problems
Alfani, Guido; Ammannati, Francesco; Ryckbosch, Wouter - 2022
Earlier research on poverty failed to provide us with consistent measures of its prevalence across space and time. This is due to the limitations of the available sources and to the difficulty of applying to them the poverty definitions of modern social science. This article discusses different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821150
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Kernel Density Techniques as a Tool for Estimating and Comparing Income Distributions : A Cross European – Country Study
Papatheodorou, Christos - 2014
This paper compares and assesses the income inequality between five European countries in the mid 1990's, employing the non-parametric technique of kernel density estimation. The countries used in this inequality exercise were Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland and the United Kingdom, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052619