This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large … about 2/3 of the value of the Gini coefficient of annual earnings. Within cohorts, mobility in the distribution of yearly …. Earnings data for thirty-one cohorts reveals striking evidence of a secular rise of intra-generational inequality in lifetime …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty …

. Not only can item nonresponse and unit nonresponse impair important outcome measures for inequality research such as total … substantive results in the inequality research. We find indications of substantial bias on income inequality and poverty as well … as on income mobility. These findings are obviously even more important in cross-national comparative analyses if the …

manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that …

The paper analyzes the integration of euro area sovereign bond markets during the European sovereign debt crisis. It …

integration. The 'new economic geography' world assumes mobile entrepreneurs which can relocate thus bringing agglomeration forces … integration, where one country has emerged as the core and the other as the periphery, the core may have more generous social … constrained, however, and related to the level of trade integration in a bell-shaped way. …

differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect …

eventually intermarry receive greater returns to experience indicating better labor market integration. …