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Non-parametric preprocessing for the estimation of equivalence scales

Dudel, Christian; Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Ott, Notburga; … - 2014

Empirically analyzing household behavior usually relies on informal data preprocessing. That is, before an econometric model is estimated, observations are selected in such a way that the resulting subset of data can be assumed to be sufficiently homogeneous with respect to the specific research...

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Measuring household inflation perceptions and expectations : the effect of guided vs non-guided inflation questions

Hayo, Bernd; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2023

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Income dependent equivalence scales, inequality, and poverty

Dudel, Christian; Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Ott, Notburga; … - 2015

Most equivalence scales which are applied in research on poverty and inequality do not depend on income, although there is strong empirical evidence that equivalence scales in fact are income dependent. This paper explores the consistency of results derived from income independent and income...

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Reference income effects in the determination of equivalence scales using income satisfaction data

Borah, Melanie; Knabe, Andreas; Kuhställer, Carina - 2016

We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend previous studies applying this approach by taking reference income into account. This allows separating needs-based from reference effects in the determination of income...

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The role of information and experience for households' inflation expectations

Conrad, Christian; Enders, Zeno; Glas, Alexander - 2020

Based on a new survey of German households, we investigate the role of information channels and lifetime experience for households' inflation expectations. We show that the types of information channels that households use to inform themselves about monetary policy are closely related to their...

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Wealth and its distribution in Germany, 1895-2018

Albers, Thilo N. H.; Bartels, Charlotte; Schularick, Moritz - 2022

comprehensive study of wealth and its distribution in Germany since the 19th century. We combine tax and archival data, household …

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Location choice and employment decisions : a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - 2005

strongest with respect to affiliate employment in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in …

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Tax incentives, bequest motives, and the demand for life insurance : evidence from two natural experiments in Germany

Sauter, Nicolas; Walliser, Jan; Winter, Joachim - 2010

-insurance demand. An unanticipated tax reform in 2000 halved the tax exemption limit for capital income in Germany. We document that …

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Measuring individual risk attitudes in the lab : task or ask? ; an empirical comparison

Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Verkasalo, Markku; Walkowitz, Gari; … - 2014

This paper compares two prominent empirical measures of individual risk attitudes - the Holt and Laury (2002) lottery-choice task and the multi-item questionnaire advocated by Dohmen, Falk, Huffman, Schupp, Sunde and Wagner (2011) - with respect to (a) their within-subject stability over time...

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Conspicuous consumption and communism : evidence from East and West Germany

Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario - 2012

use the separation of Germany into the communist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural … experiment. Relying on household data that are representative for Germany, our empirical results strongly indicate that … conspicuous consumption is relatively more important in East Germany. Importantly, a significant gap in conspicuous consumption …

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