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Inequality and income dynamics in Germany
Drechsel-Grau, Moritz; Peichl, Andreas; Schmieder, Johannes - 2022
lower tail. We further document substantial gender differences in average earnings and inequality over the life-cycle. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012886897
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Can the labor demand curve explain job polarization?
Peichl, Andreas; Popp, Martin - 2022
immigration and a decline in collective bargaining successfully explain occupational employment patterns during the 1990s. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255962
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Multidimensional measurement of richness : theory and an application to Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010
children. Mobility between different affluence counts between 2002 and 2007 is rather low and existing changes are mostly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825579
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Bounds of unfair inequality of opportunity : theory and evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
differences in social mobility and persistence. -- equality of opportunity ; earnings inequality ; mobility ; circumstances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535094
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Accounting for the spouse when measuring inequality of opportunity
Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015
Existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has failed to address the question as to how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption was full responsibility for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391624
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Equality of opportunity : East vs. West Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015
The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990.Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391647
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Multidimensional equality of opportunity in the United States
Hufe, Paul; Kobus, Martyna; Peichl, Andreas; Schüle, Paul - 2022
Are the United States still a land of opportunity? We provide new insights on this question by invoking a novel measurement approach that allows us to target the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity has increased by 77% over the time period 1983-2016....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093036
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Equality of Opportunity : East vs. West Germany
Peichl, Andreas - 2015
The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990. Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010910
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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality : theory and evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
countries. We discuss the cross-country differences and similarities in IOp in the light of differences in social mobility and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269249
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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
inequality was indeed more due to changes of household structure and employment behavior rather than changes in wages. Moreover … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008698414