A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … rates. Our analysis is based on a microsimulation model that accounts for the interactions between wages, the tax …

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 …

as well as increasing employment rates of recipients of social assistance. On the basis of a behavioral microsimulation … ; labor supply ; social safety system ; microsimulation …

inequality measures. This is due to two offsetting effects: a progressive one stemming from the subsidy schedule and a regressive …

and full-time work, respectively. We estimate labor supply reactions and welfare effects using a microsimulation model …

; wealth distribution ; microsimulation …

We solve the problem of a social planner who seeks to minimize inequality via transfers with a fixed public budget in a …

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 …