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The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality
Biewen, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822659
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Long Run Trends in Australian Executive Remuneration: BHP 1887-2012
Pottenger, Mike; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Outside the US, little is known of long-run trends in executive compensation. We fill this gap by studying BHP, a resources giant that has long been one of the largest companies on the Australian stock market. From 1887 to 2013, trends in CEO and director remuneration (relative to average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884303
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Bonus Culture: Competitive Pay, Screening, and Multitasking
Benabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
, while inequality tends to rise monotonically. Bonus caps and income taxes can help restore balance in agents' incentives and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635587
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Theoretical Unification in Justice and Beyond
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The goal of scientific work is to understand more and more by less and less. In this effort, theoretical unification plays a large part. There are two main types of theoretical unification – unification of different theories of the same field of phenomena and unification of theories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822968
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Equalizing or Disequalizing Lifetime Earnings Differentials? Earnings Mobility in the EU: 1994-2001
Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of lifetime earnings? To what extent does earnings mobility work to equalize/disequalize longer-term earnings relative to cross-sectional inequality and how does it differ across the EU? Our basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550008
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Increased Opportunity to Move Up the Economic Ladder? Earnings Mobility in EU: 1994-2001
Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of earnings over time? This question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 using ECHP. Mobility is evaluated using rank measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002823
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Policy, Institutional Factors and Earnings Mobility
Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper uses ECHP and OECD data for 14 EU countries to explore the role of labour market factors in explaining cross-national differences in the dynamic structure of earnings: in permanent inequality, transitory inequality and earnings mobility. Based on ECHP, minimum distance estimator is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012883
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Inequality, Inequity Aversion, and the Provision of Public Goods
Kölle, Felix; Sliwka, Dirk; Zhou, Nannan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a public good when agents are inequity averse and may differ in ability. We show that equality may lead to a reduction of public good provision below levels generated by purely selfish agents. But introducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839287
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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Men in Luxembourg, 1988-2004: Evidence from Administrative Data
Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
income position in a lifetime perspective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564708
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Redistributive Preferences, Redistribution, and Inequality: Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries
Kuhn, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper describes individuals’ inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in a panel of OECD countries, primarily focusing on the association between these subjective measures and the effective level of inequality and redistribution. Not surprisingly, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700688