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Transfer behaviour in migrant sending communities : conference paper
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom; Steiner, Susan - 2013
Private transfers between households in developing countries have been extensively studied and shown to be economically important as mechanisms of risk sharing and income redistribution. We argue that migration and remittances have the potential to modify the prevalent transfer behaviour in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344638
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Over-indebtedness and poverty : patterns across household types and policy effects
Kuypers, Sarah; Verbist, Gerline - International Research Conference on Household … - 2022
the poverty framework, while also taking into account the (potential) leverage by assets. We focus on a case study of … over-indebtedness, poverty and financial vulnerability. We also simulate two potential policy reforms which address these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013443721
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Behavioral effects of a federal minimum wage and income inequality in Germany : conference paper
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … receive less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage in Germany is that it will prevent in-work poverty … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341614
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Declining tax progression and the German dual income tax : conference paper
Jenderny, Katharina - 2013 - Preliminary version
This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337865
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Navigating the new globalization : local actions for global challenges : proceedings of the Fifth Annual Public Policy Conference 2019
Annual Public Policy Conference <5., 2019, Manila>; … - 2020
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Managing Pandemic and Correcting Development Fundamentals : India’s Great Challenge
Raychaudhuri, Ajitava (ed.); Ghose, Arpita (ed.) - 2023
Perspective from Economics -- Pandemic-induced Poverty in India after the First Wave of COVID-19: An Elaboration of Two Earlier … Food Insecurity Mediated Poverty and Low Productivity Traps: Furthering Policy by Reconciling Secondary Data with Primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014286476
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Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age U-shape in wellbeing : conference paper
Schwandt, Hannes - 2014
An emerging economic literature has found evidence that wellbeing follows a U-shape over age. Some theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially abandoned and experienced with less regret during old age. In a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483894
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Dissatisfied with life or with being interviewed? : happiness and motivation to participate in a survey ; conference paper
Chadi, Adrian - 2014
Information on the number of interviewer contacts allows insights into how people's responses to questions on happiness are connected to the difficulty of reaching potential participants. Using the paradata of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), this paper continues such research by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487246
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Regional income inequality lowers life satisfaction : evidence from OECD countries ; conference paper
Kalenborn, Christine; Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: February 2014
This paper analyzes the e ffect of regional income inequality within countries on individual life satisfaction. We use … from 1981-2008. Regional income inequality is measured by the coeffi cient of variation of regional GDP per capita. We find … that higher regional income inequality leads to lower life satisfaction in OECD countries. In non-OECD countries, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489285
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Empirical welfare analysis with preference heterogeneity : conference paper
Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - 2013
We apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of preference heterogeneity, derived from structural labour supply models. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341149