-specific equivalence scales developed for Germany and the United States by Merz et al. (1993). We verify previous studies that show that … inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … within the population, especially older single people. -- alternative equivalence scale ; Germany ; USA ; distribution of …

from millions of digitized books for the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. While existing measures go back at most …

go back at least 200 years further using our methods. We analyse data for six countries (the USA, UK, Germany, France …