Study Cheung (2018): study DE 1984
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Germany followed 30 years 1984 - 2013
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP 1992-2012
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 4484400
- Non Response
- 183108 observations excluded because of incomplete data.
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Net Gini (regional income inequalityafter Taxation and Transfers)
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- not reported
- Operationalization
- Gini is between 0 and 1; a higher Gini implies more inequality. Net Gini is about inequality in disposable income after taxation and transfers.
Observed Relation with Happiness
No controls, all waves,all 16 states.
More inequality more happiness.
- Individual characteristics:
- gender
- age
- years of education
- married
- number of adults in household
- number of children in household
- years of participation in this panel study
- Regional characteristics (16 states)
- Average disposable household income
- Income Redistribution
b controled for:
- Individual characteristics:
- gender
- age
- years of education
- married
- number of adults in household
- number of children in household
- years of participation in this panel study
- Regional characteristics (16 states)
- Average disposable household income
- Income RedistributionSimilar b's if additionally controlled for tax and transfers; same correlation for people who pay more or less tax than they receive as welfare.