A COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF ECONOMIC WELL‐BEING FOR GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES

Richard Burkhauser, Joachim Frick and Johannes Schwarze

Review of Income and Wealth, 1997, vol. 43, issue 2, 153-171

Abstract: This paper, using six waves of data (1984‐89) from the United States Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the German Socio‐Economic Panel (GSOEP), compares economic well‐being using single year income, multi‐year income, and wealth as measures. We find inequality to be greater in the United States than in Germany regardless of the measure used. However, the relative degree of inequality varies across measures. When we disaggregate our data by age and gender categories, in general we find greater inequality in the United States, but wealth inequality among older Germans is greater than it is among older Americans.

Date: 1997
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