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Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? Evidence From German Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction

Schwarze, Johannes; Härpfer, Marco - 2002

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...

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German exports to the euro area

Stephan, Sabine - 2002

The growth of the German economy intrinsically depends on the development of German exports to the euro area, which is by far the biggest market for German products. The paper estimates a structural equation for the export demand from the EMU member countries, which is suitable for both...

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The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality

Biewen, Martin - 2002

Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that … poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component …

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Long - Term Effects of Unpaid Overtime: Evidence for West Germany

Pannenberg, Markus - 2002

overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on …

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Respondent behavior in panel studies : a case study for income-nonresponse by means of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)

Schräpler, Jörg-Peter - 2002

-economic information of private households in the Federal Republic of Germany. We explain the evolution of income-nonresponse in the GSOEP …

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The Distribution and Heterogeneity of Technical Efficiency within Industries: An Empirical Assessment

Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2004

This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...

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What can happiness research tell us about altruism? Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Schwarze, Johannes; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2005

Much progress has been made in recent years on developing and applying a direct measure of utility using survey questions on subjective well-being. In this paper we explore whether this new type of measurement can be fruitfully applied to the study of interdependent utility in general, and...

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