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Inequality, Transfers and Growth : New Evidence From the Economic Transition in Poland

Prasad, Eswar - 2000

This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that inequality in Poland increased markedly during the economic transition. Income and consumption inequality actually declined in 1990-92 and rose only moderately above pre-transition levels by 1997. However, inequality in labor earnings increased...

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Dynastic inequality compared : multigenerational mobility in the US, the UK, and Germany

Neidhöfer, Guido; Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2016

Using harmonized household survey data, we analyse long run social mobility in the US, the UK, and Germany and test …

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Parental background matters : intergenerational mobility and assimilation of Italian immigrants in Germany

Bönke, Timm; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2014

by the Italian Embassy in Germany. In line with previous studies, we confirm substantial inequality of educational …

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Intergenerational mobility and self-selection of asylum seekers in Germany

Kolb, Michael; Neidhöfer, Guido; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2019 - This version, 13 June 2019

We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of … that there exists positive skill selection among recently arrived refugees in Germany. …

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The evolution of inequality of opportunity in Germany : a machine learning approach

Brunori, Paolo; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2020

Germany during the last three decades. Hereby, we take advantage of information contained in 25 waves of the Socio …-Economic Panel. Our analysis shows that in Germany IOP declined immediately after reunification, increased in the first decade of the … individuals that resided in West-Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, whose fathers had a high occupational position, and …

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What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? : New Evidence From German Micro Data

Prasad, Eswar - 2003

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between reservation wages of unemployed workers and macroeconomic factors--including the unemployment rate and generosity of the unemployment compensation system--as well as individual-specific determinants, such as human capital...

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