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Equivalence scales reconsidered: an empirical investigation

Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - 2007

conversion strategy, and explain our results by means of an inequality decomposition by population subgroups. …, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original …

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Incomes and inequality in the long run: the case of German elderly

Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten; Schulte, Katharina - 2008

We employ German Sample Survey Income data to examine income inequality and the financial situation of elderly citizens … with residence in the Old and the New German Laender. Inter-temporal changes in income inequality are also decomposed by … financially better-off compared to retired elderly. For reunified Germany, inequality is astonishingly stable over time, but rises …

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From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001

Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

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 …

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Erhöht die Riester-Förderung die Sparneigung von Geringverdienern?

Schröder, Carsten; Keese, Matthias; Corneo, Giacomo - 2007

Die Riester-Förderung soll dazu beitragen, dass häufiger und mehr für die Altersvorsorge gespart wird. Der Einfluss der Riester-Förderung auf die Sparneigung von Haushalten mit niedrigem Einkommen ist dabei ein zentrales Kriterium zur ökonomischen Evaluation dieser Politik. Unsere...

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Can governments boost voluntary retirement savings via tax incentives and subsidies? A German case study for low-income households

Corneo, Giacomo; Keese, Matthias; Schröder, Carsten - 2008

Since 2002 the German government has promoted private retirement saving plans by means of special subsidies and tax incentives (Riester scheme). This policy mainly targets low-income households. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel, we scrutinize the impact of the Riester scheme on...

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On the redistributive effects of Germany's feed-in tariff

Grösche, Peter; Schröder, Carsten - 2011

facilities. The redistributive effects of the feed-in tariff are evaluated by means of various inequality indices. All the … inequality measures indicate that Germany's feed-in tariff is mildly regressive. …

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Optimal top marginal tax rates under income splitting for couples

Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper analytically derives optimal top marginal tax rates when couples are taxed according to income splitting between spouses, consumption is taxed, and the skill distribution is unbounded. Optimal top marginal income tax rates are then quantified for Germany. Estimation results based on...

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Returns to Education across Europe

Glocker, Daniela; Steiner, Viktor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Incentives to invest in higher education are affected by both the direct wage effect of human capital investments and the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher educated. We analyse the returns to education in...

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Fast methods for jackknifing inequality indices

Karoly, Lynn; Schröder, Carsten - 2013

time from the sample. The paper outlines a procedure to obtain jackknife estimates for several inequality indices with only …

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