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The sensitivity of distributional measures to the income reference period
Schröder, Carsten - In: Journal of income distribution : an international quarterly 21 (2012) 2, pp. 77-115
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337897
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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
persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406904
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Differences across countries and time in household expenditure patterns : implications for the estimation of equivalence scales
Daley, Angela; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Phipps, Shelley A.; … - 2020
economies of scale are understated (as is the case when using the 'square root of household size'), the relative poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213964
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Extended Income Inequality and Poverty Dynamics of Labour Market and Household Activities a Ten Years Microanalysis with the German Socio-Economic Panel
Merz, Joachim - 2014
Labour market dynamics according the individual working hour tension (preferred working hours minus actual working hours) of active people with focus on the self-employed, as professions and entrepreneurs, and employees are investigated in our study. The individual longitudinal analysis based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207261
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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
persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436290
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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
receiving welfare payments was about twice as high as the respective share for the entire population. Poverty head count rates … (based on a poverty threshold of 50 percent of median equivalent income) clearly increased over this period from about 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433832
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Polarization, growth and social policy in the case of Israel, 1997 - 2008
García-Fernándeza, Rosa María; Gottlieb, Daniel; … - 2012
; poverty ; multi-resolution analysis ; income distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009632195
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Polarization, growth and social policy in the case of Israel, 1997 - 2008
García-Fernández, Rosa María; Gottlieb, Daniel; … - 2013
). Finally we study the causes of the obtained polarization results in a multinomial logit analysis. -- polarization ; poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731409
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Inequality, well-being and institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oberoi, Jaideep; Ahsan, Syed - 2003
This paper focuses on the role of institutions in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions … to the concepts of poverty, inequality and institutions are expounded on a priori reasoning, empirical analysis with LAC …-income poverty à la capability approach of Amartya Sen) allows a rich discussion of policy interventions. While both orientations as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514135
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Inequality, Well-Being and Institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ahsan, Syed M.; Oberoi, Jaideep S. - 2021
This paper focuses on the role of "institutions" in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions … of poverty, inequality and institutions are expounded on a priori reasoning, empirical analysis with LAC data prove …'s civilisation. The inclusion of health, nutrition, and literacy indicators in defining well-being (or, non-income poverty a la …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320102