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A Behaviouristic Approach for Measuring Poverty: The Decomposition Approach – Empirical Illustrations for Germany 1995-2009

In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition approach. This method differentiates between various social groups in the sense that for each group a separate poverty line is determined. E. g., household size might be a criterion for such a social differentiation. By doing this, the problem of traditional poverty measurement to refer ...

Demografie und Einkommensungleichheit

Deutschland steht vor einem gewaltigen demografischen Umbruch. Die Alterung (und Schrumpfung) der bundesdeutschen Bevölkerung dürfte auch spürbare Auswirkungen auf die personelle Einkommensverteilung haben. Es werden voraussichtlich nicht nur die Verteilungskämpfe in den bundesdeutschen Sicherungssystemen an Schärfe gewinnen. Vielmehr dürften sich aktuellen Trends zufolge auch die erwarteten wirtschafts- ...

A New Framework of Measuring Inequality: Variable Equivalence Scales and Group-Specific Well-Being Limits – Sensitivity Findings for German Personal Income Distribution 1995-2009

The discussion paper examines sensitivity influences on the German personal income distribution in a time-series perspective and in a methodically broad manner. The author spins on the following “adjusting screws” of distributional analyses: (1) different kinds of equivalence scales, (2) different demarcations of income areas (in the sense of social classes), (3) different inequality indicators, and ...

Impacts of an Ageing Society on Macroeconomics and Income Inequality – The Case of Germany since the 1980s

The discussion paper is concerned with the interplay between demography and macroeconomics on one hand and macroeconomics and income inequality on the other hand. For this purpose, several estimation equations are derived by econometric methods (on the empirical basis of the 1984-2010 German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) waves). In concrete terms, the macroeconomic variables inflation, economic growth, ...

Income Inequality and Poverty in Front of and During the Economic Crisis – An Empirical Investigation for Germany 2002-2010

Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for Germany in front of and during the economic crisis 2008-2010. This comprises binary logistic regressions where it is tested whether a person is belonging to a certain income region or not. The units of analysis are differentiated by residential status, nationality, sex, age, household size/household ...

Socio-Economic Influences on Income Inequality – Projections for Germany

The discussion paper corresponds with the presentation of a poster at the 2012 annual conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) in Boston with the title “Measuring and Predicting Individual Well-Being on the Basis of a New Methodical Framework – The Case of Germany 1995-2009”. The paper deals with socioeconomic influences upon the future German personal income ...

Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Equivalence Scales for West Germany Based on Subjective Data on Life Satisfaction

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 satisfaction” as a proxy variable for “utility”. The cross-sectional scale estimates are characterised by relatively ...

Demografischer Wandel und Wohlstandsverteilung: Eine sozioökonomische Analyse für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Beiträge zur Sozial- und Verteilungspolitik Bd. 9)

In dieser Monografie werden in Quer- und Längsschnittperspektive Zusammenhänge zwischen Soziodemografie und Wohlstandsungleichheit für Deutschland seit den 1990er-Jahren thematisiert. Dabei werden detailliert empirische inter- und intragenerative Wohlstandsunterschiede und deren Determinanten herausgearbeitet. Auf dieser Grundlage lassen Vorausberechnungen zu den entsprechenden soziodemografischen ...

Wohlstandspolarisierung, Verteilungskonflikte und Ungleichheitswahrnehmungen in Deutschland

The connections between the polarization of living conditions, social conflicts concerning the distribution of resources and the perception of social inequality in Germany will be picked out as a central theme. By means of empirical findings it becomes clear that the degree of inequality and polarization with respect to the living conditions – both measured by the wellbeing indicator income – has increased ...