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The Income and Wealth Packages of Older Women in Cross-National Perspective

Objectives. We assess the income and wealth packages of older women’s (age 65+ years) households and the extent to which low income is paired with low wealth, across a group of six high-income countries. Methods. We use data on income and net worth from the Luxembourg Wealth Study, a new cross-national microdatabase. We define income poverty as having household income less than 50% of the national ...

Deindustrialisation and the polarisation of household incomes: The example of urban agglomerations in Germany

The tertiarisation, or perhaps more accurately, the deindustrialisation of the economy has left deep scars on cities. It is evident not only in the industrial wastelands and empty factory buildings, but also in the income and social structures of cities. Industrialisation, collective wage setting, and the welfare state led to a stark reduction in income differences over the course of the 20th century. ...

Changes in Earnings Inequality - An International Perpective

Cross-National Comparisons of Earnings and Income Inequality

Empirical Evidence on Income Inequality in Industrialized Countries

This chapter reviews the evidence on cross-national comparisons of annual disposable income inequality in over 20 wealthy nations. We begin by reviewing a number of conceptual and measurement issues which must be addressed by any cross-national comparison of survey-based household income data. With these caveats in mind, we present data on both the level of inequality during the early to mid-1990s, ...

On the Evaluation of Economic Mobility

Household income distribution in Germany with special distinction between working age and retirement age population: An analysis using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) in the years 1994 and 2001

Household income distribution in Germany with special distinction between working age and retirement age population. An updated analysis using the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in the years 1984, 1989, 1994 and 2001

Codebook for the $PEQUIV File 1984-2004: CNEF Variables with Extended Income Information for the SOEP

Codebook for the $PEQUIV File 1984-2005: CNEF Variables with Extended Income Information for the SOEP

The $PEQUV-File is based on the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) with extended income information for the SOEP. This file comprises not only the aggregated income figures provided in the CNEF but also further single income components. The CNEF is a joint effort of researchers and staff affiliated with Cornell University, the DIW Berlin, the University of Essex, and Statistics Canada funded by ...