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The distribution of family income and earnings capacity over the life cycle

Lehrer, Evelyn; Nerlove, Marc - 1981

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Identifying income and wealth-poor households in the euro area

Müller, Philip; Schmidt, Tobias - 2015

In this paper, we analyse different measures of asset and income poverty using micro-data for 15 euro area countries … definitions of income and wealth poverty affect the number and socio-demographic characteristics of poor households, as well as … their portfolio composition and consumption expenditure. We find that adding wealth to the poverty definition mainly …

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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. Combining personal income tax and social security data allows us – for the first time – to offer a complete picture of the distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find...

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The distribution of economic resources to children in Germany

Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2017

This paper investigates the redistributive impact of private and public childcare provision and education on children's resources in Germany between 2009 and 2013. It takes account of the multidimensionality of children's needs and access to economic resources by applying an extended income...

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Gender norms and income misreporting within households

Roth, Anja; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2020

We show that the discontinuity in the distribution of surveyed female income shares at the margin where a woman would outearn her partner is primarily driven by norm induced misreporting in surveys. We draw on unique Swiss data combining survey and administrative information for the same...

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Income inequality in education, and children's schooling attainment in Brazil

Barros, Ricardo Paes de; Lam, David - 2015

This paper analyzes the determinants of schooling attainment at the household level for 14-years-old in urban regions of Saõ Paulo and Northeast Brazil, using data from the 1982 PNAD. We find mean schooling of 4.75 years in Saõ Paulo, and 3.25 years in the Northeast, both far short of the...

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Can income shocks polarize? : theory and evidence from natural resource windfalls

Ikan, Lotem; Lagziel, David; Raveh, Ohad - 2024

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Immigration and the top 1 percent

Advani, Arun; Koenig, Felix; Pessina, Lorenzo; Summers, Andy - 2022

We study the contribution of migrants to the rise in UK top incomes. Using administrative data on the universe of UK taxpayers, we show migrants are over-represented at the top of the income distribution, with migrants twice as prevalent in the top 0.01% as anywhere in the bottom 97%. These high...

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Income misperception and populism

Albers, Thilo N. H.; Kersting, Felix; Kosse, Fabian - 2022

We propose that false beliefs about the own current economic status are an important factor for explaining populist attitudes. Along with the subjects' receptiveness to right-wing populism, we elicit their perceived relative income positions in a representative survey of German households. We...

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The minimum wage effects on earnings and sorting

Suphanit Piyapromdee; Tanisa Tawichsri; Nasi Wada - 2024 - Preliminary

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