modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

In this paper we explore the reasons for the trend reversal in the development of household market income inequality in … rising share of atypically employed persons have affected the development of income inequality over the last two decades. We … income forms to overall inequality. Our results suggest that changes in the distribution of capital income were a key factor …

In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim … to identify the main drivers of this rise in income inequality since the early 1990s. We provide a broad overview of the … circumstances under which inequality evolved, i.e. which changes in the German economy are most likely to provide an explanation for …

, the income tax is effectively progressive; (v) income taxation substantially reduces income inequality in Germany. …

A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …