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Einkommensmessungen in Haushaltspanelstudien für Deutschland: Ein Vergleich von EU-SILC und SOEP

Measuring income in household panel surveys for Germany: a comparison of EU-SILC and SOEP

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Einkommensanalysen in Deutschland basieren überwiegend auf den Mikrodaten der deutschen Stichprobe der European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) und des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP). Die Relevanz von EU-SILC für die Untersuchung des von der Europäischen Kommission spezifizierten Ziels der Armutsbekämpfung und Minderung der sozialen Ungleichheit in Europa legt eine intensive Qualitätsprüfung der Daten nahe. Dieses Papier konzentriert sich auf den Vergleich von EU-SILC-basierten Ergebnissen zu Einkommensentwicklung, Ungleichheit und Mobilität mit jenen auf Basis des SOEP. Die festgestellten Unterschiede werden vor dem Hintergrund unterschiedlicher Stichprobencharakteristika diskutiert, die einen großen Einfluss auf die Untersuchungsergebnisse und somit auf die Kernaussagen zur sozialen Situation Deutschlands haben.

Abstract

Income analyses in Germany are mainly based on micro data of the German contribution to the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and the Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). As the EU-SILC data are of great significance for analyses in support of the European Commission’s stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality, it is crucial to assess their quality. The present paper compares EU-SILC-based results about income trends, inequality, and mobility with results based on SOEP. The differences identified are discussed in the context of different sample characteristics, which have a major influence on the results and thus on the core findings regarding the social situation of Germany.

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Frick, J.R., Krell, K. Einkommensmessungen in Haushaltspanelstudien für Deutschland: Ein Vergleich von EU-SILC und SOEP. AStA Wirtsch Sozialstat Arch 5, 221–248 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11943-011-0107-1

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