Income dynamics in three societies: an investigation of social dynamics using "old" and "new" types of social indicators
Abstract: "This paper sets out to offer new insight into social change, especially social transformation. The authors have drawn up new types of social indicators to encapsulate the nature of social change, with the Intention of widening its meaning. The investigation draws an longitudinal panel studies: the German Socio-Economic Panel Study 1990-96 (GSOEP) and the Hungarian Household Panel 1992-96 (HHP). The single, albeit crucial social dimension examined is the income position of families, including the mobility of families within the income structure. The analysis takes a comparative and a longitudinal approach. Hungary and East Germany, as societies in transition, are compared with West Germany, as a case of 'usual' social change, while the income mobility of individuals is traced over time. Both these aspects are examined in relation to modernization theories. White classical measures such as the Gini Coefficient show a remarkable stability of income inequality, the indicators elaborat
- Alternative title
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Einkommensdynamik in drei Gesellschaften: eine Untersuchung sozialer Dynamik mit "alten" und "neuen" Sozialindikatoren
- Location
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 22 S.
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
- Bibliographic citation
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Veröffentlichung / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Sozialer Wandel, Institutionen und Vermittlungsprozesse, Abteilung Sozialstruktur und Sozialberichterstattung ; Bd. 99-402
- Keyword
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Einkommensverteilung
Einkommen
Soziale Mobilität
:z Geschichte 1990-1996
Deutschland
Ungarn
Deutschland
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Berlin
- (when)
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1999
- Creator
- Contributor
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-116572
- Rights
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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25.03.2025, 1:50 PM CET
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Associated
- Spéder, Zsolt
- Habich, Roland
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Time of origin
- 1999
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