-economic analyses of SOEP data show that income has a clear influence on donation behavior. Although the richest ten percent of … households contribute 37 percent of total donations, they donate less than the poorer income groups relative to their disposable … income. Despite this, the tax benefit from charitable giving is greater for richer households than for poorer because it is …

) that tracks the same individuals over time to assess how individuals from different income and wealth groups respond to … life and financial shocks with respect to volunteering. Although both income and wealth can act as buffers against life …-we observe more heterogeneity than expected and also stickiness at the lowest income levels. Response delays in post …

The permanent income hypothesis states that agents perfectly smooth consumption given a large, anticipated shock to … income. Testing these implications is difficult given the endogenous nature of income and payment timing. We leverage …

Between 1991 and 2015, the real disposable, needs-adjusted income of persons in private households in Germany rose by … 15 percent on average. The majority of the population has benefited from the growth in real income, but the groups at the … lower end of the income distribution have not. Inequality in both market and disposable needs-adjusted household income has …

This paper explores the association between income and stated views on minimum living standards; that is, views on … representative survey, we find the rich are less empathetic. In our baseline model, people at the bottom of the income distribution … report 10% more items as essential than do people at the top of the income distribution. The negative relationship between …

Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper analyses to what extent alternative income … displacement and only limited convergence. Income from selfemployment slightly reduces the earnings gap and severance payments … income. We do not find that increased labour supply by other household members contributes to the compensation of the income …

Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) this paper analyses to what extent alternative income … displacement and only limited convergence. Income from self-employment slightly reduces the earnings gap and severance payments … income. We do not find that increased labour supply by other household members contributes to the compensation of the income …