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dc.contributor.authorXie, Runlien
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-26T11:57:39Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-26T11:57:39Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/39341-
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the structure and evolution of consumption and consumption growth inequality. Once heterogeneous agents relate their neighbors' consumption to their own, consumption volatility and inequality are affected. The relationship predicted between the group average consumption growth and within-group growth inequality was shown as only slightly positive yet significant using survey data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP, 1984-2005). Age and household size are crucial for withingroup inequality, as young and/or small households are more sensitive to income and consumption shocks. Large and well-educated households with unskilled jobs have shown surprisingly inferior performance in consumption growth and variance. The data also shows increases of within-group inequality directly after the reunification and the introduction of the euro.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aHumboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSFB 649 Discussion Paper |x2009,035en
dc.subject.jelE21en
dc.subject.jelD91en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelD64en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordconsumption inequality, consumption growth, German Socio-Economic Panel, altruismen
dc.subject.stwVerbraucherausgabenen
dc.subject.stwKonsumtheorieen
dc.subject.stwKonsumentenverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwKonsuminterdependenzen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Ungleichheiten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleTrade-off between consumption growth and inequality: Theory and evidence for Germany-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn603381723en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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