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The emerging aversion to inequality: Evidence from Poland 1992 - 2005
Grosfeld, Irena; Senik, Claudia - 2008
This paper provides an illustration of the changing tolerance for inequality in a context of radical political and … institute (CBOS) from 1992 to 2005, we identify a structural break in the relationship between income inequality and subjective … well-being. The downturn in the tolerance for inequality (1997) coincides with increasing distrust of political elites. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430800
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Wealth and Politics: Studies on Inter Vivos Transfers and Partisan Effects
Schinke, Christoph - 2016
government ideology and elections influence outcomes (income inequality and budget consolidation) and political processes (fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698357
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Essays on equality of opportunity
Hufe, Paul - 2021
Equality of opportunity is a principle of justice that is built on two fundamental ideas. On the one hand, outcome differences across individuals are unacceptable if they are rooted in factors that are beyond individual control. Examples of such circumstance characteristics are the biological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484753
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Income, consumption and wealth inequality in Germany: Three concepts, three stories?
Bartels, Charlotte; Schroeder, Carsten - 2020
Given how controversially inequality is still being discussed by both academics and policy makers in Germany, we … different forms of inequality. One important issue is the choice of the measure of well-being: the central measures discussed … Expenditure Survey (Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe (EVS)) for Germany since 1993 to compare inequality across income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014459462
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Derivation of Design Weights: The Case of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
Spieß, Martin - 2005
Design-based estimators of totals, means or proportions in finite populations generally are functions of weighted sums. If each element selected into the sample is also observed, then for the calculation of the pi-estimator these weights are just the inverse inclusion probabilities of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439004
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Der Einsatz von Missing-Data-Techniken in der Arbeitsmarktforschung des IAB
Rässler, Susanne - 2006
Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Forschungsprojekte des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), die sich alle auf unterschiedliche Weise mit der Behebung von Problemen mit Missing Data befassen. Hierzu gehören einerseits Projekte, die Stichproben verwenden wie...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264645
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Business Fluctuations, Job Flows and Trade Unions - Dynamics in the Economy
Schirwitz, Beate - 2013
This study was prepared by Beate Schirwitz while she was working at the Ifo Institute’s Dresden Branch. It was completed in February 2012 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Faculty of Law, Management, and Economics at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in July 2012. It focuses on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698337
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Empirical Essays in the Economics of Ageing and the Economics of Innovation
Reinkowski, Janina - 2013
This dissertation consists of five distinct empirical papers covering two large areas of research that are rather independent from each other: the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation. The first three chapters cover the impact of intergeneration interaction on the parents of adult...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698343
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An integrated micro data base for tax analysis in Germany
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2016
This paper documents methodology underlying the construction of the integrated data base for our study on "Wer trägt die Steuerlast in Deutschland? - Verteilungswirkungen des deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystems" (Who bears the tax burden in Germany? - Distributional Analyses of the German tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613145
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Greece: Solidarity and adjustment in times of crisis
Giannitsis, Tassos; Zografakis, Stavros - 2015
This report attempts to examine the impact of the crisis and crisis policies on incomes, inequality and poverty in … and their incidence between 2008 and 2012-13, their impact on pre- and post-tax inequality and the resulting social … contrasting changes in inequality regarding particular sub-groups, that during the crisis all income classes comprise winners and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304473