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Pension Wealth and the Gender Wealth Gap
Cordova, Karla; Grabka, Markus; Sierminska, Eva - 2022
We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account employment characteristics of women and men, we are able to identify the extent to which the redistributive effect of pension rights reduces the gender wealth gap. The data for...
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Transitioning towards more equality? Wealth gender differences and the changing role of explanatory factors over time
Sierminska, Eva; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Grabka, Markus M. - 2018
Germany over the period 2002-2012. In particular, we analyze the role of changes in labor supply, permanent income, portfolio … analyses, a diminishing role of permanent income is observed, due both to a reduction in the gender difference in permanent … income and in gender differences in its returns. Overall, the evidence points to more equal wealth accumulation both in terms …
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The Effect of Self-Employment on Income Inequality
Schneck, Stefan - 2018
It is well known that the self-employed are over-represented at the bottom as well as the top of the income … distribution. This paper shifts the focus from the income situation of the self-employed to the distributive effects of a change in … increase in the proportion of self-employed individuals in the labor force increases income polarization by tearing down floors …
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Time preferences and political regimes: Evidence from reunified Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus - 2019
We use the separation and later reunification of Germany after World War II to show that a political regime shapes time preferences of its residents. Using two identification strategies, we find that former residents of the German Democratic Republic exhibit a significantly less pronounced...
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Identity assimilation: Impact of conflict and partition on the giving behaviors of refugees and natives in West Bengal
Bhattacharya, Nilanjan; Pakrashi, Debayan; Saha, Sarani; … - 2023
In regions affected by conflicts, partition, and violence, how does past exposure to such incidences affect attitudes towards members of different social groups? Drawing on the theory of inequity aversion model, we infer that past exposure to conflict and violence can increase an individual's...
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Do Private Household Transfers to the Elderly Respond to Public Pension Benefits? Evidence from Rural China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
intended policy effects, as adult children who make income contributions to their parents could adjust their behavior in … response to changes in their parents’ income. Exploiting a unique policy intervention in China, we examine using a difference … of adult children to transfer income to elderly parents in the context of a large middle-income country, and we also …
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Evaluating intergenerational persistence of economic preferences: A large scale experiment with families in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Shyamal; Sutter, Matthias; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
Economic preferences – like time, risk and social preferences – have been shown to be very influential for real-life outcomes, such as educational achievements, labor market outcomes, or health status. We contribute to the recent literature that has examined how and when economic preferences...
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Economic preferences across generations and family clusters: A large-scale experiment
Chowdhury, Shyamal; Sutter, Matthias; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020
Economic preferences are important for lifetime outcomes such as educational achievements, health status, or labor market success. We present a holistic view of how economic preferences are related within families. In an experiment with 544 families (and 1,999 individuals) from rural Bangladesh...
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Ownership Effects in Dictator Games: Evidence from an Experimental Study
Nguyen, Cuong Viet; Vu, Linh Hoang - 2022
In this study, we tested the effect of time delays on sharing behavior. We conducted a dictator game to examine whether dictators change their sharing behaviors if they have more time between receiving and sharing money. When the response time was 2 hours, the sharing behavior of dictators was...
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The effects of economic austerity on pro-sociality: Evidence from Greece
Sambanis, Nicholas; Nikolova, Elena; Schultz, Anna - 2022
The European sovereign debt crisis resulted in policies of fiscal austerity and economic downturn in Greece, marked by a prolonged period of recession and high unemployment. This article explores the social impact of the economic crisis, focusing on its effects on altruism using new...
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