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Social spending generosity and income inequality : a dynamic panel approach

Niehues, Judith - 2010 - This version: October 29, 2010

This paper explores whether more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if … with regard to inequality levels, I apply the System GMM estimator and use the presumably random incidence of certain … reduces inequality levels. The result is robust with respect to the instrument count and different data restrictions. Looking …

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Why are middle-aged people so depressed? : evidence from West Germany

Brockmann, Hilke (contributor) - 2009

Does happiness vary with age? The evidence is inconclusive. Some studies show happiness to increase with age (Diener et al. 1999; Argyle 2001). Others hold that the association is U-shaped with either highest depression rates (Mroczek and Christian, 1998; Blanchflower and Oswald, 2008) or highest...

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Befragungsgestützte Messung von Gesundheit - Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick : Workshop am DIW Berlin am 14. März 2005

Schupp, Jürgen (contributor) - 2005

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Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : Evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction ; a revised version

Schwarze, Johannes (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev

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The impact of macroeconomic uncertainty on cash holdings for nonfinancial firms

Baum, Christopher F.; Caglayan, Mustafa; Ozkan, Neslihan; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Subjective well-being and relative deprivation : an empirical link

D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper explores the relationship between two well-established concepts of measuring individual well-being: the concept of happiness, i.e. self-reported level of satisfaction with income and life, and relative deprivation/satisfaction, i.e. the gaps between the individual's income and the...

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Macroeconomic uncertainty and firm leverage

Baum, Christopher F. (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper investigates the link between the optimal level of non-financial firms' leverage and macroeconomic uncertainty. We develop a structural model of a firm's value maximization problem that predicts that as macroeconomic uncertainty increases the firm will decrease its optimal level of...

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Kurzfristige ökonomische Effekte eines "Brexit" auf die deutsche Wirtschaft : Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie

Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich; Dany-Knedlik, Geraldine; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2019

Viele Fragen rund um den Brexit sind weiterhin offen. Es kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass sich Großbritannien und die Europäische Union nicht auf einen Austrittsvertrag einigen können. Dann könnte es zu einem sogenannten harten Brexit (No-Deal Brexit) kommen. Wir haben die...

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