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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 - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the persistence of transitory shocks and their implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963961
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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the persistence of transitory shocks and their implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822659
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Inequality, poverty and mobility: Choosing income or consumption as welfare indicators.
Gradín, Carlos; Cantó, Olga; Río, Coral del - In: Investigaciones Economicas 32 (2008) 2, pp. 169-200
offering evidence of the effects on mobility or poverty dynamics. In this paper we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005736192
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The Sensitivity of Distributional Measures to the Income Reference Period
schröder, carsten - In: Journal of Income Distribution 21 (2012) 2, pp. 77-115
The Income Reference Period (IRP), the measurement period of income, differs across micro-economic databases of household or individual incomes; typically it is a year, a quarter (of a year) or a month. The length of the IRP affects the shape of the income distribution and derived distributional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820083
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Fiscal Incidence, Fiscal Mobility and the Poor: a New Approach
Lustig, Nora; Higgins, Sean - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2012
directional mobility literature provides a useful framework to identify which individuals are adversely/favorably impacted by a … particular policy. This paper introduces a “fiscal mobility matrix” to identify winners and losers. We show that taxes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098387
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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
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the persistence of transitory shocks and their implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406904
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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
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the persistence of transitory shocks and their implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436290
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Tracing out the Effects of Demographic Changes on the Income Distribution. The Case of Greater Buenos Aires 1980-2000
Marchionni, Mariana; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2003
During the last two decades fertility decisions have varied significantly and not uniformly along the income distribution. In this paper we study the effects of these demographic changes on two dimensions of the income distribution -poverty and inequality- by applying microeconometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941059
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Polarización del Ingreso en la Argentina: Teoría y Aplicación de la Polarización Pura del Ingreso
Horenstein, Matías; Olivieri, Sergio - 2004
El presente trabajo realiza una aplicación para Argentina de la nueva metodología del cálculo de la polarización del …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941070
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Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
Battiston, Diego; Cruces, Guillermo; López-Calva, Luis F. - 2009
This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil … reduction in multidimensional poverty, while in urban Argentina the estimates did not change significantly. El Salvador, Brazil … areas of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In all countries, access to proper sanitation and education of the household head are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003895801