There is by now a lot of evidence showing a sharp increase in cross-sectional wage and earnings inequality during the … to 2006, we do not find unambiguous empirical support for the frequent claims that recent increases in inequality have … been driven mainly by permanent disparities. From 1994 on, permanent inequality increases continuously, peaks in 2001 but …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty …

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre- and post-government income distribution at the regional level …, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. Three different inequality measures are used. In addition, we investigate … whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find only weak evidence that Germans are …

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to … estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state … increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are inequality averse over the entire income distribution. However …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large … about 2/3 of the value of the Gini coefficient of annual earnings. Within cohorts, mobility in the distribution of yearly …. Earnings data for thirty-one cohorts reveals striking evidence of a secular rise of intra-generational inequality in lifetime …