Poverty in Germany: Statistical Inference and Decomposition

Based on six harmonized cross-sections of the German Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure, we study inter-temporal changes in poverty from year 1978 to 2003. Results are decomposed by region and household types, and the bootstrap method is applied to test for the statistical significance of all o...

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Main Author: Carsten Schröder (Author)
Contributors: Timm Bönke
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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