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Richer or more numerous or both? : the role of population and economic growth for top income shares
Krolage, Carla; Peichl, Andreas; Waldenström, Daniel - 2018
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/10011939792
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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 … ; decomposition ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008698414
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Bounds of unfair inequality of opportunity : theory and evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
illustrate our approach by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant, sizeable and robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535094
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Distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks in real-time : a novel method applied to the Covid-19 crisis in Germany
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Peichl, Andreas; Popp, Martin; … - 2020
and policy responses in real-time and provide the first application to Germany in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012383744
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Inequality and income dynamics in Germany
Drechsel-Grau, Moritz; Peichl, Andreas; Schmieder, Johannes - 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/10012886897