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Refereed essays Web of Science
We provide an axiomatization of Yitzhaki's index of individual deprivation. Our result differs from an earlier characterization due to Ebert and Moyes in the way the reference group of an individual is represented in the model.
In:
Economics Letters
90 (2006), 3, S. 421-426
| Walter Bossert, Conchita D'Ambrosio
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Sonstige Publikationen des DIW / Monographien
2006| Shlomo Yitzhaki, Edna Schechtman, Gert G. Wagner, Joachim R. Frick with Support by Jan Goebel
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Diskussionspapiere 576 / 2006
Using data from the March Current Population Surveys in the United States, the Household Panel Survey in Great Britain and the Socio-Economic Panel in Germany we find gains from economic growth in the United States over their 1990s business cycle (1989-2000) were more equitably distributed than were the gains over their 1980s business cycle (1979-1989). Furthermore, they were more equitably distributed ...
2006| Richard V. Burkhauser, Ludmila Rovba
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Refereed essays Web of Science
The concept of anomie is one of the classics of sociological theory. Developed by scholars such as Emile Durkheim and Robert K. Merton, the concept refers to the absence of clear social norms and values and to a lack of sense of social regulation. However, whereas Merton focused on features of relative deprivation that cause anomie, Durkheim was primarily interested in the link between rapid social ...
In:
Social Indicators Research
76 (2006), 3, S. 467-498
| Denis Huschka, Steffen Mau
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Diskussionspapiere 601 / 2006
The enlargement of the European Union in May 2004 by ten new member states bear increasing challenges in creating social cohesion among its citizens and regions. Social cohesion is understood here in a broad sense as a coalescence of European societies in such a way that living conditions and quality of life of its citizens converge. This paper's empirical focus is on the two core life domains that ...
2006| Wolfgang Keck, Peter Krause
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Other refereed essays
In:
Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv
90 (2006), 1, S. 199-215
| Marco Caliendo, Reinhard Hujer
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Diskussionspapiere 610 / 2006
We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using sibling-difference estimators ...
2006| Marco Francesconi, Stephen P. Jenkins, Thomas Siedler
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Drawing on panel data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we compare the economic performance of immigrants to Great Britain, West Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Austria to that of the respective indigenous population. The unit of analysis is the individual in the household ...
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Population Research and Policy Review
24 (2005), 2, S. 175-212
| Felix Büchel, Joachim R. Frick
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Refereed essays Web of Science
The increases in human longevity and early retirement in recent decades have posed new challenges for policy makers, and require a comprehensive understanding of the processes that influence the economic resources of older people. This paper examines the income mobility experienced by older people living in Britain and Germany during the 1990s, and identifies the influential personal attributes and ...
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Ageing and Society
25 (2005), 4, S. 543-565
| Asghar Zaidi, Joachim R. Frick, Felix Büchel
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Weekly Report 5 / 2005
The years 1998 to 2003 were marked by a deterioration in the economic situation of the German population with an immigrant background as the share of immigrants living below the poverty line increased at an above average rate. The older and younger age groups in this segment of the population are particularly prone to poverty. The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) survey, which is carried out by the DIW ...
2005| Ingrid Tucci, Gert G. Wagner