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Punching up or punching down? How stereotyping the rich and the poor impacts redistributive preferences in Germany
Diermeier, Matthias; Fischer, Madeleine L.; Niehues, Judith - 2023
Redistribution and the welfare state have been linked by academic discourse to narratives that portray specific societal groups as 'deserving' or 'undeserving'. The present analysis contributes to this scholarship in a twofold manner. First, it provides a holistic view on the beneficiaries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014292524
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Towards a multidimensional poverty index for Germany: Parents' employment and children's school success in Germany
Suppa, Nicolai - 2015
This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … consistent with earlier findings, but also reveal several new insights. Specifically, numerous decompositions of the poverty … multidimensional poverty indices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500138
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Dynamic properties of energy affordability measures
Heindl, Peter; Schüssler, Rudolf - 2015
on affordability measure has little overlap with the existing literature on poverty measurement. A comprehensive … relative to income or an absolute or relative income poverty line fare well from a dynamic perspective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010504532
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Walls of glass: Measuring deprivation in social participation
Suppa, Nicolai - 2018
considerations, axiomatic research on poverty and deprivation, and previous empirical research on social exclusion and subjective … deprivation and income poverty. Moreover, regression techniques reveal deprivation in social participation to reduce life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957002
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The distribution of well-being among Europeans
Brandolini, Andrea; Rosolia, Alfonso - 2019
terms of poverty reduction. It also shows that the patterns of income convergence across member states differ across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109657
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Income-dependent equivalence scales and choice theory: Implications for poverty measurement
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten - 2022
affect poverty assessments and poverty lines. We address the disadvantage that poor households may suffer due to their …, as it seems to have a substantial quantitative impact on the measurement of poverty. We also suggest that future research … poverty and may guide anti-poverty policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164137
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Soziale Unterschiede in der Lebenserwartung: Möglichkeiten auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels
Kroll, Lars Eric; Lampert, Thomas - 2008
In diesem Beitrag werden Möglichkeiten zur Analyse sozialer Unterschiede in der Lebenserwartung auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) dargestellt. Einleitend wird ein Überblick über verschiedene Datenquellen zur Analyse sozial differenzieller Sterblichkeit gegeben und der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600758
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Capabilities and Choices: Do They Make Sen'se for Understanding Objective and Subjective Well-Being? An Empirical Test of Sen's Capability Framework on German and British Panel Data
Muffels, Ruud; Headey, Bruce - 2011
In Sen's Capability Approach (CA) well-being can be defined as the freedom of choice to achieve the things in life which one has reason to value most for his or her personal life. Capabilities are in Sen's vocabulary therefore the real freedoms people have or the opportunities available to them....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601027
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Towards a Multidimensional Poverty Index for Germany
Suppa, Nicolai - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … consistent with earlier findings, but also reveal several new insights. Specifically, numerous decompositions of the poverty … multidimensional poverty indices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212801
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Dynamic Properties of Energy Affordability Measures
Heindl, Peter; Schüssler, Rudolf - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
on affordability measure has little overlap with the existing literature on poverty measurement. A comprehensive … relative to income or an absolute or relative income poverty line fare well from a dynamic perspective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240794