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Shifting taxes from labor to consumption : efficient, but regressive?

Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - 2013

investigate the effect of increases in the Value Added Tax on labor supply and the income distribution in Germany, which is …

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The impact of short- and long-term participation tax rates on labor supply

Bartels, Charlotte; Pestel, Nico - 2015

up work. Using German microdata over the period 1993 - 2010 we find that recent reforms in Germany increased work …

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Multidimensional well-being at the top : evidence for Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011

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Beyond inequality accounting : marital sorting and couple labor supply

Pestel, Nico - 2014

This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly disentangling effects from increasing assortativeness in couple formation from changing patterns of couples' labor supply behavior. Using German micro data, earnings distributions of...

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Does size matter? : the impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly …

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Multidimensional measurement of richness : theory and an application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010

addition to income, as dimensions of multidimensional well-being in Germany. Our analysis shows that more than half of the …

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The politicians' wage gap : insights from German members of parliament

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2011

Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...

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Marital sorting, inequality and the role of female labor supply : evidence from east and west Germany

Pestel, Nico - 2015

This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past … based on a structural model of household labor supply. For West Germany, a positive effect of marital sorting on inequality … participation. In East Germany, the impact of marital sorting on inequality is highly disequalizing irrespective of adjusting for …

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Demografie und Ungleichheit : der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2009

In Germany, two observations can be tracked over the past 15 to 20 years: First, income inequality has constantly …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635576