microdata from the German Federal Statistical Office's contribution to the European Union Statistics on Income and Living … from the German Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS), the present paper compares EU-SILC-based results about income …

This paper explores whether more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if … reducing impact. More targeted benefits, however, do not significantly reduce income inequality. Rather, their positive effect … on pre-government income inequality hints at substantial disinctive effects. …