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dc.contributor.authorBiewen, Martinen
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, Stephen P.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:39:00Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:39:00Z-
dc.date.issued2002-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18046-
dc.description.abstractWe propose a framework for comparing the relationship between poverty and personal characteristics across countries (or across years), and use it to compare levels and patterns of relative poverty in the USA, Great Britain and Germany during the 1990s. The higher aggregate poverty rates in the USA and in Britain relative to Germany were mostly accounted for by higher poverty rates conditional on characteristics, which were only partly offset by a more favourable distribution of poverty-relevant characteristics, in particular higher employment rates.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDIW Discussion Papers |x311en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelC31en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordPovertyen
dc.subject.keywordSingh-Maddala Distributionen
dc.subject.stwArmuten
dc.subject.stwEinkommensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwLebensalteren
dc.subject.stwQualifikationen
dc.subject.stwErwerbstätigkeiten
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwVereinigte Staatenen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleAccounting for poverty differences between the United States, Great Britain, and Germany-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn849529832en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp311en

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