Regional income inequality in Germany
We characterize regional inequality in gross incomes at the municipality level in Germany using data from administrative tax returns for the period 1998-2016. More unequal municipalities are more likely to be urban and located in West Germany. Decomposing the increase in inequality in the last two decades into a between and within municipality component, we find that the increase was entirely driven by growing inequality within municipalities. Thirty years after reunification, Germany is a country with rather modest interregional inequalities but a growing level of intraregional inequality.
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2023
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Authors: | Frieden, Immo ; Peichl, Andreas ; Schüle, Paul |
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EconPol Forum. - ISSN 2752-1184. - Vol. 24.2023, 2, p. 50-55
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Munich : CESifo GmbH |
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