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Distributional Effects of a Minimum Wage in a Welfare State – The Case of Germany
Mueller, Kai-Uwe - 2014
examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060046
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Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality : A Dynamic Panel Approach
Niehues, Judith - 2011
This paper explores whether more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if redistributive outcomes are offset by behavioral disincentive effects. To account for the inherent endogeneity of social policies with regard to inequality levels, I apply the System...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132275
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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany : empirical evidence from social security data
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - 2009
hin: Der Anteil der Sozialleistungen am gesamten Nettoeinkommen streut regional zwischen 11% und 41%. Deutschland sieht …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874221
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Occupational and regional mobility as substitutes : a new approach to understanding job changes and wage inequality
Reichelt, Malte; Abraham, Martin - 2015
leads to lower wage increases. We use linked retrospective life-course data for Germany (ALWA-ADIAB) and apply competing … verknüpfte retrospektive Lebensverlaufsdaten für Deutschland zurück (ALWA-ADIAB) und benutzen Competing-Risk Regressionen um zu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010503907
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Lebenszufriedenheit und Einkommensreichtum : Eine empirische Analyse mit dem SOEP (Life Satisfaction and Income Richness: An Empirical Analysis Based on Data of the German Socioeco...
Hajek, André - 2011
In this study the relation between satisfaction with life and affluent income is analyzed by using cross-sectional and longitudinal data. The data used in this publication were made available by the German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128105
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So Far So Good : Age, Happiness, and Relative Income
Fitzroy, Felix R. - 2012
In a simple 2-period model of relative income under uncertainty, higher comparison income for the younger cohort can signal higher or lower expected lifetime relative income, and hence either increase or decrease well-being. With data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113216
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Intensity of Time and Income Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty : Well-Being and Minimum 2DGAP – German Evidence
Merz, Joachim - 2011
Extending the traditional income poverty concept by multidimensional poverty has been of growing interest within the last years. This paper contributes with an analysis of interdependent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and income, which in particular restricts social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117988
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Impacts of an Ageing Society on Macroeconomics and Income Inequality – The Case of Germany Since the 1980s
Faik, Jürgen - 2012
The discussion paper is concerned with the interplay between demography and macroeconomics on one hand and macroeconomics and income inequality on the other hand. For this purpose, several estimation equations are derived by econometric methods (on the empirical basis of the 1984-2010 German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096398
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The Evolution of Income Inequality in Germany and Switzerland Since the Turn of the Millennium
Grabka, Markus - 2012
This paper presents and compares trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using … harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). Whereas in Germany inequality has … inequality reveals the effects of Germany's slightly older population and smaller household sizes, as well as the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101854
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Completing the Bathtub? : The Development of Top Incomes in Germany, 1907-2007
Anselmann, Christina - 2012
This paper examines the evolution of top incomes in Germany from 1907-2007 with a special focus on past decades. A more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101855