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Die Messung von Armut unter Berücksichtigung regional divergierender Lebenshaltungskosten und öffentlicher Leistungen

Hillringhaus, Tilman; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Bislang beschränkt sich die Messung von Armut und Ungleichheit in der deutschen Armutsberichterstattung im Wesentlichen …

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The Development of Multidimensional Poverty in Germany 1985-2007

Busch, Christopher; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper deals with concepts of multidimensional poverty measurement and applies them to Germany. Three concepts of … poverty are examined and included into one multidimensional approach: economic well being, capability and social exclusion …, and the influence of changing levels of substitutability between achievements on the poverty dimensions is examined. It …

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Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We … introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international … inequality. A discussion of data quality, data consistency, variable definitions and measurement, changing population and …

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Donations, Risk Attitudes and Time Preferences: A Study on Altruism in Primary School Children

Angerer, Silvia; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone...

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Are Teams Less Inequality Averse than Individuals?

He, Haoran; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We compare inequality aversion in individuals and teams by means of both within- and between-subject experimental designs, and we investigate how teams aggregate individual preferences. We find that team decisions reveal less inequality aversion than individual initial proposals in team...

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Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children

Maggian, Valeria; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...

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A Field Study of Chinese Migrant Workers' Attitudes toward Risks, Strategic Uncertainty, and Competitiveness

Hao, Li; Houser, Daniel; Mao, Lei; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using a field experiment in China, we study whether migration status is correlated with attitudes toward risk, ambiguity, and competitiveness. Our subjects include migrants and non-migrants. We find that, migrants exhibit no differences from non-migrants in risk and ambiguity preferences...

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Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?

Tausch, Franziska; Potters, Jan; Riedl, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Redistribution is an inevitable feature of collective pension schemes and economic experiments have revealed that most people have a preference for redistribution that is not merely inspired by self-interest. Interestingly, little is known on how these preferences interact with preferences for...

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Racial Differences in Inequality Aversion: Evidence from Real World Respondents in the Ultimatum Game

Griffin, John; Nickerson, David; Wozniak, Abigail - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The distinct historical and cultural experiences of American blacks and whites may influence whether members of those groups perceive a particular exchange as fair. We investigate racial differences in fairness standards using preferences for equal treatment in the ultimatum game, where...

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Cardiovascular Consequences of Unfair Pay

Falk, Armin; Menrath, Ingo; Verde, Pablo Emilio; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper investigates physiological responses to perceptions of unfair pay. In a simple principal agent experiment agents produce revenue by working on a tedious task. Principals decide how this revenue is allocated between themselves and their agents. In this environment unfairness can arise...

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