This paper points to flaws in Gini decompositions by income sources and population subgroups and to common pitfalls in the interpretation of decomposition results, focusing on methods within the framework of Rao (1969). We argue that within this framework Gini elasticities may provide the only...

We develop an assignment model of automation. Each of a continuum of tasks of variable complexity is assigned to either capital or one of a continuum of labor skills. We characterize conditions for interior automation, whereby tasks of intermediate complexity are assigned to capital. Interior...

We analyze the distributive justice of the combined burden of taxes, social security contributions and public transfers on employee households. In order to investigate whether the treatment of families by the aggregate tax-benefit system can be regarded as "fair" we compare the equivalent...

Diese Arbeit vergleicht verschiedene Verfahren zur Nachbildung von Aktienindizes. Eine solche Nachbildung stellt ein wichtiges Problem sowohl im passiven Portfoliomanagement als auch bei der Ausführung von Index-Arbitrage dar. Es werden unterschiedliche Kriterien abgeleitet, nach denen sich...