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Richer or More Numerous or Both? The Role of Population and Economic Growth for Top Income Shares
Krolage, Carla - 2019
When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is important. This paper presents three alternative measures of top income shares that more explicitly account for population and income growth than the standard measure. We apply these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892200
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Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010
Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood … inequality was indeed more due to changes of household structure and employment behavior rather than changes in wages. Moreover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274876
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Inequality and Income Dynamics in Germany
Drechsel-Grau, Moritz; Peichl, Andreas; Schmieder, … - 2022
We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades … distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that cross-sectional inequality rose until 2009 for men and women. After the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013298363