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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas - 2010
household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends like a decline in birth rate and an increase in the risk of divorce … paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in … 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/10013136651
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Income and Wealth Inequality in America, 1949-2016
Kuhn, Moritz - 2018
Finances. The household-level data allow us to study the joint distributions of household income and wealth since 1949. We … shift the wealth distribution because the composition and leverage of household portfolios differ systematically along the … all American households have less wealth today in real terms than the median household had in 1970 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932905
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MPC Heterogeneity and Household Balance Sheets
Fagereng, Andreas - 2019
to consume (MPCs). Our main contribution is to document how MPCs vary with household characteristics and prize size, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012898430
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The Consumption Effects of the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis : Evidence from Household-Level Data
Jensen, Thais - 2015
Did the financial crisis spread from distressed banks to households through a contraction of the credit supply? We study this question with a dataset that contains observations on all accounts in Danish banks as well as comprehensive information about individual account holders and banks. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010472
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Reference Income Effects in the Determination of Equivalence Scales Using Income Satisfaction Data
Borah, Melanie - 2016
We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979128
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Income Dependent Equivalence Scales, Inequality, and Poverty
Dudel, Christian - 2015
Most equivalence scales which are applied in research on poverty and inequality do not depend on income, although there is strong empirical evidence that equivalence scales in fact are income dependent. This paper explores the consistency of results derived from income independent and income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011717
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Optimal Taxation, Income Inequality and the Household
Apps, Patricia F. - 2016
determinants of across-household heterogeneity in second earner labour supply. We find that individual taxation is welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993113
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Infrastructure and Inequality : Insights from Incorporating Key Economic Facts About Household Heterogeneity
Klenert, David - 2014
We study the trade-off between equity and growth in the context of tax-financed investment in public capital. Taking into account stylized facts on wealth accumulation, we model agent heterogeneity through differences in saving behavior, income source and time preference. In contrast to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046059
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Labor Market Policies and European Crises
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2013
This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in order to stabilize labor incomes and redistribute resources. It proposes a specific stylized model where the tradeoffs facing labor policies are influenced by structural factors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073087
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Buffer-Stock Saving and Households' Response to Income Shocks
Fella, Giulio - 2016
We use the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a rather unique dataset with a long time dimension of panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978454