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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...

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Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2014 : Thema der Kerntagung: "Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik"

Verein für Socialpolitik - 2014

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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...

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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 …

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Behavioral effects of a federal minimum wage and income inequality in Germany : conference paper

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013

Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a … will only have a minor impact on inequality among households with at least one minimum-wage worker. Low wage earners are …

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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...

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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...

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Over-indebtedness and poverty : patterns across household types and policy effects

Kuypers, Sarah; Verbist, Gerline - International Research Conference on Household … - 2022

Household debt has increased significantly since the second half of the 20th century, making it one of the cornerstones of household financial behaviour. It is, however, necessary to monitor that indebtedness does not spiral out of control, as it can have negative consequences both at the micro...

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The magic of the new : how job changes affect job satisfaction ; conference paper

Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2014

We investigate a crucial event for job satisfaction: changing the workplace. For representative German panel data, we show that the reason why the previous employment ended is strongly linked to the satisfaction with the new job. When workers initiate a change of employer, they experience...

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Testing the Easterlin hypothesis with panel data : the dynamic relationship between life satisfaction and economic growth in Germany and in the UK ; conference paper

Pfaff, Tobias; Hirata, Johannes - 2013 - This version: February, 2013

Recent studies focused on testing the Easterlin hypothesis (happiness and national income correlate in the cross-section but not over time) on a global level. We make a case for testing the Easterlin hypothesis at the country level where individual panel data allow exploiting important...

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