employment characteristics of women and men, we are able to identify the extent to which the redistributive effect of pension …

-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting couples men's net worth, on average, is 33,000 euros higher than women's. We ….g., self-employment, no migration background, inheritances, high income) that decrease the wealth gap for women increase it for …

evidence for a significant gender wealth gap of about 30,000 euros in Germany, which amounts to almost 50,000 euros for married … partners. Decomposition analyses reveal that this gap is mostly driven by differences in characteristics between men and women … women transform their characteristics into wealth. -- Wealth gap ; wealth inequality ; gender ; SOEP …

impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and …

-occupied housing) have become increasingly important sources of economic inequality in Germany over the last two decades. Whereas the … effects to increase over time. The analyses presented here, exemplified for Germany, make a clear case for the joint …