Hoerstermann, Katharina (2016). Consumption as an Indicator of Well-being - What Can It Teach Us about Poverty and Inequality? Z. Soziol., 45 (3). S. 181 - 200. STUTTGART: LUCIUS LUCIUS VERLAG MBH. ISSN 0340-1804
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Whereas international studies discuss consumption expenditures as an adequate indicator of the well-being of households and individuals, social and economic analyses in Germany mainly focus on income. This article uses data from the German Income and Expenditure Survey to examine how income- and consumption-based measures differ. Furthermore, it compares the standard of living of households which have low income with those which have low expenditures. Of particular interest are households that are defined as poor by expenditures but not by income. The results indicate that the consumption-based measures draw a less negative picture of poverty and inequality in Germany. On the other hand, the description of the standard of living reveals that consumption-based analyses point out a group of households with high indebtedness and low spending in categories of social participation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-289698 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1515/zfsoz-2015-1011 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Z. Soziol. | ||||||||
| Volume: | 45 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 181 - 200 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2016 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | LUCIUS LUCIUS VERLAG MBH | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | STUTTGART | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0340-1804 | ||||||||
| Language: | German | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28969 |
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