birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

for Germany, this paper analyzes the retirement consumption puzzle for the German case. For our broadest consumption …

percentile of the income distribution in Germany to pin down the effective income taxation of households with very high incomes … in Germany. -- Personal Income Tax ; Taxing the Rich ; Effective Progressivity …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large … increase in lifetime earnings inequality. -- lifetime earnings ; earnings distribution ; inequality ; mobility ; Germany …

over cohorts on the distribution of net wealth we impose the homeownership pattern of the US on Germany and ask: What would … the net wealth distribution in Germany look like if German households were distributed across tenure status along cohorts … to the wealth distribution. Imposing the structure of the US on Germany leads to a large increase in the German median …