Svenja Flechtner
Biographic Data
| ID | 644015 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Svenja Flechtner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Svenja |
| FAMILY NAME | Flechtner |
| SIGNATURE | FLECHTNER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Siegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0970-9150 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Income inequality and the trade-off between socio-economic and ecological goals
No country currently achieves basic social needs without exceeding ecological limits, yet the environmental cost of attaining given living standards differs substantially across countries. This paper examines whether income inequality moderates this trade-off. Unlike much of the literature, which emphasizes within-country dynamics, we focus on cross-country variation. Employing a cross-sectional time-series panel of 124 countries from 1992–2015, …
Migrant wealth in Germany
Migrant households in Germany hold significantly less wealth than native households, with disparities varying by origin and generation. Using SOEP data (2012, 2017), this study quantifies gaps across the wealth distribution and examines income, saving rates, and portfolio composition. Migrants from low- and middle-income countries exhibit the largest gaps, with persistent disadvantages in the upper distribution. Second-generation high-income coun…
The Reproduction of Inequalities through Educational Aspirations
This paper studies educational aspirations and grade achievements of teenagers in India, using Structural Equation Modelling with data from the Young Lives Study. The analysis differentiates direct effects of relevant socio-economic and individual characteristics on educational output from indirect effects through aspirations. In this sample, some student characteristics – parents’ education, mothers’ caste and the student’s gender – have no dire…
Women’s decision-making power, cooking fuel adoption and appliance ownership
Universal energy access underpins progress towards achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including gender equality (SDG 5). Yet this link is conditioned by a range of contextual factors that warrant careful consideration in designing measures that guide intervention. In this article, we examine the relationship between women’s decision-making power and household energy choices in Honduras, Nepal and Rwanda. Analysing househo…
The role of the commodity price boom in shaping public social spending
We study the potential impact of the commodity price boom of 2003 to 2013 on public social spending in Latin America. We estimate structural vector autoregressions and local projections for 16 Latin American countries over the period from 1990 to 2019 and investigate if we can attribute increases in public spending on health, education, and social protection to increases in a country’s net commodity terms-of-trade. By focusing on the impulse resp…
Why Is the Accumulation of Knowledge So Hard? Exploring Econometric Research on the Determinants of Public Social Spending in Latin America
Many areas in applied econometric research within political economy fail to come up with conclusive findings. This is the case, for example, with studies on the determinants of public social spending in Latin America, a key area of research given the impact of social programs on poverty, inequality, and welfare more generally. In this area, as in others, it is hard to identify clear answers regarding the impact of economic processes and political…
Should Aspirations be a Matter of Policy Concern
The literature dealing with aspiration traps indicates that a life of poverty, deprivation or exclusion may hinder people’s development of goals and aspirations that would best serve their interests. Many authors seem to suggest that governments, schools, development agencies or NGOs should develop policies to help individuals avoid aspirations which are too low. However, it is not yet fully clear how these policies need to be designed in order t…
Should Aspirations be a Matter of Policy Concern
The literature dealing with aspiration traps indicates that a life of poverty, deprivation or exclusion may hinder people’s development of goals and aspirations that would best serve their interests. Many authors seem to suggest that governments, schools, development agencies or NGOs should develop policies to help individuals avoid aspirations which are too low. However, it is not yet fully clear how these policies need to be designed in order t…
Women’s decision-making power, cooking fuel adoption and appliance ownership
Universal energy access underpins progress towards achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including gender equality (SDG 5). Yet this link is conditioned by a range of contextual factors that warrant careful consideration in designing measures that guide intervention. In this article, we examine the relationship between women’s decision-making power and household energy choices in Honduras, Nepal and Rwanda. Analysing househo…
Should Aspirations be a Matter of Policy Concern
The literature dealing with aspiration traps indicates that a life of poverty, deprivation or exclusion may hinder people’s development of goals and aspirations that would best serve their interests. Many authors seem to suggest that governments, schools, development agencies or NGOs should develop policies to help individuals avoid aspirations which are too low. However, it is not yet fully clear how these policies need to be designed in order t…
Why Is the Accumulation of Knowledge So Hard? Exploring Econometric Research on the Determinants of Public Social Spending in Latin America
Many areas in applied econometric research within political economy fail to come up with conclusive findings. This is the case, for example, with studies on the determinants of public social spending in Latin America, a key area of research given the impact of social programs on poverty, inequality, and welfare more generally. In this area, as in others, it is hard to identify clear answers regarding the impact of economic processes and political…
The Reproduction of Inequalities through Educational Aspirations
This paper studies educational aspirations and grade achievements of teenagers in India, using Structural Equation Modelling with data from the Young Lives Study. The analysis differentiates direct effects of relevant socio-economic and individual characteristics on educational output from indirect effects through aspirations. In this sample, some student characteristics – parents’ education, mothers’ caste and the student’s gender – have no dire…
Women’s decision-making power, cooking fuel adoption and appliance ownership
Universal energy access underpins progress towards achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including gender equality (SDG 5). Yet this link is conditioned by a range of contextual factors that warrant careful consideration in designing measures that guide intervention. In this article, we examine the relationship between women’s decision-making power and household energy choices in Honduras, Nepal and Rwanda. Analysing househo…
The role of the commodity price boom in shaping public social spending
We study the potential impact of the commodity price boom of 2003 to 2013 on public social spending in Latin America. We estimate structural vector autoregressions and local projections for 16 Latin American countries over the period from 1990 to 2019 and investigate if we can attribute increases in public spending on health, education, and social protection to increases in a country’s net commodity terms-of-trade. By focusing on the impulse resp…
Migrant wealth in Germany
Migrant households in Germany hold significantly less wealth than native households, with disparities varying by origin and generation. Using SOEP data (2012, 2017), this study quantifies gaps across the wealth distribution and examines income, saving rates, and portfolio composition. Migrants from low- and middle-income countries exhibit the largest gaps, with persistent disadvantages in the upper distribution. Second-generation high-income coun…
Income inequality and the trade-off between socio-economic and ecological goals
No country currently achieves basic social needs without exceeding ecological limits, yet the environmental cost of attaining given living standards differs substantially across countries. This paper examines whether income inequality moderates this trade-off. Unlike much of the literature, which emphasizes within-country dynamics, we focus on cross-country variation. Employing a cross-sectional time-series panel of 124 countries from 1992–2015, …
Economics (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Inequality (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Poverty (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (2 works) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (2 works)