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Revisiting the Income-Health Nexus: The Importance of Choosing the "Right" Indicator

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010

We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...

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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany

Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000

Der im Ausland geborene Teil der in Deutschland lebenden Bevölkerung besteht aus Ausländern und Aussiedlern, die aus … osteuropäischen Ländern nach Deutschland emigriert sind. Während die erste Gruppe mit Problemen konfrontiert ist, die aus dem typisch … deutschen Pass. Etwa die Hälfte der Immigranten, die seit 1984 nach Deutschland kamen, sind der Gruppe der Aussiedler …

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The Immigrant Welfare Effect: Take-Up or Eligibility?

Bird, Edward J.; Kayser, Hilke; Frick, Joachim R.; … - 1999

Are immigrants on welfare because they are more likely to be eligible or because they are more likely to claim benefits for which they are eligible? The answer is politically important, but because most current research on immigration and welfare is based on data from the U.S., the answer is...

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Revisiting the income-health nexus: the importance of choosing the 'right' indicator

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269505

Individual Well-Being in a Dynamic Perspective

D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Frick, Joachim R. - 2007

This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income. Making full use of the panel data nature of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for well-being depending on absolute and on relative levels of...

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Subjective Well-Being and Relative Deprivation : An Empirical Link

D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Frick, Joachim R. - 2004

This paper explores the relationship between two well-established concepts of measuring individual well-being: the concept of happiness, i.e. self-reported level of satisfaction with income and life, and relative deprivation/satisfaction, i.e. the gaps between the individual's income and the...

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Individual well-being in a dynamic perspective

D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Frick, Joachim R. - 2007

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The Income Portfolio of Immigrants in Germany - Effects of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation Or: Who Gains from Income Re-Distribution?

Frick, Joachim R.; Büchel, Felix - 2000

This paper deals with the economic performance of various population groups in Germany giving special attention to ethnic origin of immigrants as compared to the native born German population. In addition, winners and losers of the re-distribution process, induced by the tax and social security...

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Imputed Rent and Income Inequality: A Decomposition Analysis for Great Britain, West Germany and the U.S.

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - In: Review of Income and Wealth 49 (2003) 4, pp. 513-537

This article deals with income advantages derived from owner-occupied housing and their impact on the personal income distribution. Using micro-data from the British Household Panel Study (BHPS), the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), and the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) we find...

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Take it or leave it: (Non-) take-up behavior of social assistance in Germany

Kayser, Hilke; Frick, Joachim R. - 2000

Sozialhilfe in Deutschland. Die Schätzung einer Nichtinanspruchnahmequote ("Dunkelziffer") von über 60 Prozent zeigt deutliche …

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