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 …

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 …

nonlinear Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition is conducted to quantify the separate contribution of regional differences in households …' characteristics to the likelihood of being poor. Estimates from the decomposition indicate that differences in the distributions of …

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. …

provides an inequality decomposition of the overall European income distribution by country. The EU Statistics on Income and …In view of rising concerns over increasing inequality in the European Union since the financial crisis, this study … Living Conditions are our empirical basis. Inequality has risen moderately within the core Euro area, particularly in the …