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Income redistribution going awry : the reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation
Sorger, Gerhard; Stark, Oded - 2012
We demonstrate that a rank-preserving transfer from a richer individual to a poorer individual can exacerbate income inequality (when inequality is measured by the Gini coefficient). This happens when individuals' preferences depend negatively not only on work time (effort) but also on low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009680434
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Two scales, one methodology: Expenditure based equivalence scales for the United States and Germany
Merz, Joachim; Garner, Thesia; Smeeding, Timothy M.; … - 1994
, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons. Researchers generally either use … a country specific equivalence scale (social assistance, expert based, or poverty scales), or adopt a single scale for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290104
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Equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption expenditure microdata: The case of West Germany
Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - 1992
, inequality and poverty. This paper provides equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption microdata for West …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290122
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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
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290126
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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
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups … income ; inequality ; poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667623
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Relative Inequality and Poverty in Germany and the United States Using Alternative Equivalence Scales
Merz, Joachim - 2009
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159252
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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 - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079301
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Equivalence Scales Based on Revealed Preference Consumption Expenditure Microdata - The Case of West Germany
Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
, inequality and poverty. This paper provides equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption microdata for West …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079335
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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 - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837119
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Equivalence Scales Based on Revealed Preference Consumption Expenditure Microdata - The Case of West Germany zu Lüneburg
Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 1994
, inequality and poverty. This paper provides equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption microdata for West …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493969