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Polarization, growth and social policy in the case of Israel, 1997-2008

García-Fernández, Rosa María; Gottlieb, Daniel; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-15, pp. 1-40

In this paper we study income polarization by first comparing the efficiency of two statistical models to identify the number of poles in the income distribution empirically. The statistical models used are a multi-resolution analysis (MRA) and a log-normal approach (LNA). We then apply the...

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Seasonal migration and networks: Evidence on Moldova's labour exodus

Görlich, Dennis; Trebesch, Christoph - In: Review of World Economics 144 (2008) 1, pp. 107-133

Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from Moldova, a country that is witnessing a massive...

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On various ways of measuring pro-poor growth

Deutsch, Joseph; Silber, Jacques - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 5 (2011) 2011-13, pp. 1-57

This paper examines three possible approaches to pro-poor growth. The first one assumes that the poverty line remains … constant in real terms over time. The second perspective examines the case where the poverty line is equal to half the median … of the income distribution but assumes that such a poverty line is determined exogenously. Finally we also propose a …

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Imputed Rent and Income Inequality: A Decomposition Analysis for Great Britain, West Germany and the U.S.

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - In: Review of Income and Wealth 49 (2003) 4, pp. 513-537

advantage for, as well as a poverty reducing effect among the elderly. The empirical findings support the claim for the need of …

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Nonmarket household time and the cost of children

Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - In: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) - An … 27 (2009) 1, pp. 42-51

Raising children demands a considerable amount of parental time, obliging working parents either to reduce their leisure time further or to buy childcare services in the market. Parents may face additional opportunity costs upon deciding to participate in the labor market, but these are...

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Zur Entwicklung von Lebensstandard und Deprivation in Deutschland von 1996 bis 2003

Andreß, Hans-Jürgen - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 1, pp. 131-151

Verschiedene Indikatoren deuten darauf hin, dass sich die deutsche Gesellschaft seit dem Ende der 90er Jahre stärker polarisiert hat. Die Arbeit fragt, ob sich ein zunehmender Teil der Bevölkerung Dinge des notwendigen Lebensstandards nicht mehr leisten kann. Anhand von fünf repräsentativen...

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Inequality Trends in the German Income Distribution

Biewen, Martin - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 68 (1999) 2, pp. 275-283

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Country inequality rankings and conversion schemes

Schröder, Carsten; Bönke, Timm - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-28, pp. 1-43

Two conversion schemes may be employed for assessing income inequality from household equivalent incomes: to weight household units by size or by needs. Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we show the sensitivity of country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and explain the...

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Der Einfluß von Imputed Rent auf die personelle Einkommensverteilung

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 3, pp. 285-308

selbstgenutztem Wohneigentum ("lmputed Rent") und deren Einfluß auf individuelle Einkommen sowie die personelle Einkommensverteilung … zur personellen Einkommensverteilung und Einkommensmobilität. Neben der quantitativen Bedeutung dieser nicht …

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More on recent evidence on the effects of minimum wages in the United States

Neumark, David; Salas, J. M. Ian; Wascher, William - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-26

A central issue in estimating the employment effects of minimum wages is the appropriate comparison group for states (or other regions) that adopt or increase the minimum wage. In recent research, Dube et al. (Rev Econ Stat 92:945-964, 2010) and Allegretto et al. (Ind Relat 50:205-240, 2011)...

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