Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 231 (2011) 2, pp. 178-209
Based on six harmonized cross-sections of the German Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure, we study inter-temporal changes in poverty from year 1978 to 2003. Results are decomposed by region and household types, and the bootstrap method is applied to test for the statistical significance of...