Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper …

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly … in income distribution. In order to do so, we are using a decomposition of changes in inequality measures over time … in poverty and richness as well and compare them with results that were obtained by a re-weighting procedure. Our results …

In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …

This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …

In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …

This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …

the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Ex-ante IOp is defined as the contribution of circumstances to the inequality in net …While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is … and for a detailed decomposition of net wealth inequality into a variety of circumstances; among them childhood background …

's lifecycle. Despite its quantitative relevance, social security wealth has been thus far omitted from wealth inequality analyses … German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), a population representative panel study, with information on social security wealth from … distribution of individual net worth as well as overall inequality. The present value of pension entitlements (including …

core items of the INCOM scale were integrated into the 2010 SOEP (Socio-Economic Panel Study) pretest. This paper analyzes …

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly … in income distribution. In order to do so, we are using a decomposition of changes in inequality measures over time … in poverty and richness as well and compare them with results that were obtained by a re-weighting procedure. Our results …