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Cross-sectional and longitudinal equivalence scales for West Germany based on subjective data on life satisfaction : paper presented at the fifth meeting of the Society for the Stu...
Faik, Jürgen - 2013
The present study calculates variable, cross-sectional as well as longitudinal equivalence scales on the basis of the German 1984-2010 Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) database for West Germany. It follows the "individual variant" for calculating subjective equivalence scales using "life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128357
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Declining tax progression and the German dual income tax : conference paper
Jenderny, Katharina - 2013 - Preliminary version
This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337865
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Inequality and the marriage gap : conference paper
Siassi, Nawid - 2014
Marriage is one of the most important determinants of economic prosperity, yet most existing theories of inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489954
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Housing inequality and how fiscal policy shapes it : evidence from Belgian real estate
Domènech-Arumì, Gerard; Gobbi, Paula E.; Magerman, Glenn - International Research Conference on Household … - 2022
We use detailed information on all real estate stock and transactions since 2006 to study housing inequality in Belgium … then estimate inequality in value or space at different levels of aggregation - from the federal to the local neighborhood … level. Overall inequality is relatively low (Gini of 0.25), but significant heterogeneity exists across and within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013443738
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Moral hypocrisy : self-deception or impression management? ; conference paper
Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Irlenbusch, Bernd; Walkowitz, Gari - 2013
In four studies (S1-S4; N = 320) we investigated whether moral hypocrisy (MH) is motivated by conscious impression management concerns or whether it is self-deceptive. In a dictator game, MH occurred both within participants (saying one thing, doing another; S1) and between participants (doing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344621
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The decline of relational goods in the production of well-being? : presented at the HEIR conference in Venice, Isola di San Servolo, June 11th to 13th 2009
Prinz, Aloys; Bünger, Björn - 2009
In this paper, we attempt to show why the importance of relational goods compared to conventional goods and status goods threatens to decline in contemporary societies. In our point of view, the development of the relative significance of these three types of goods is not a consequence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009356432
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Happiness and the persistence of income shocks : conference paper
Bayer, Christian; Jüßen, Falko - 2013 - This version: March 1, 2013
We reassess the empirical effects of income and employment on self-reported well-being. Our analysis makes use of a two-step estimation procedure that allows applying instrumental variable regressions with ordinal observable data. As suggested by the theory of incomplete markets, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339956
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Regional income inequality lowers life satisfaction : evidence from OECD countries ; conference paper
Kalenborn, Christine; Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: February 2014
This paper analyzes the e ffect of regional income inequality within countries on individual life satisfaction. We use … from 1981-2008. Regional income inequality is measured by the coeffi cient of variation of regional GDP per capita. We find … that higher regional income inequality leads to lower life satisfaction in OECD countries. In non-OECD countries, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489285
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Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2014 : Thema der Kerntagung: "Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik"
Verein für Socialpolitik - 2014
We discuss properties of alternatives or complements to GDP as a measure of welfare at business cycle frequencies. We argue that these figures are not useful to measure the welfare costs of business cycles. First, data is not available at an appropriate quality and frequency. Second, since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480243
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Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2014 : Thema der Kerntagung: "Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik"
Verein für Socialpolitik - 2015
We discuss properties of alternatives or complements to GDP as a measure of welfare at business cycle frequencies. We argue that these figures are not useful to measure the welfare costs of business cycles. First, data is not available at an appropriate quality and frequency. Second, since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450978