Bartels, Charlotte - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science … 132 (2012) 2, pp. 265-295
Welfare states redistribute both between individuals reducing annual inequality and over the life-cycle insuring against income risks. But studies measuring redistribution often focus only on a one-year period. Using German SOEP data from 1984 to 2009, long-term inequality over a 20-year period...