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Why a labour market boom does not necessarily bring down inequality: putting together Germany's inequality puzzle
Biewen, Martin; Sturm, Miriam - 2021
After an economically tough start into the new millennium, Germany experienced an unprecedented employment boom after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517874
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Top incomes in Germany, 1871-2014
Bartels, Charlotte - 2018
This study provides new evidence on top income shares in Germany from the period of industrialization to the present … of the millennium, income concentration in Germany has been on the rise and is today among the highest in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913652
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Differential exposure to climate change? : evidence from the 2021 floods in Germany
Odersky, Moritz; Löffler, Max - 2023
We analyze the exposure of different income groups to the 2021 floods in Germany, which serve as an exemplary case of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014419481
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The impact of household capital income on income inequality : a factor decomposition analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA
Fräßdorf, Anna (contributor);  … - 2008
SOEP for West Germany, and the PSID for the USA, a factor decomposition method described by Shorrocks (1982) is applied … contribution to overall inequality in relation to its share in disposable income. This applies to Germany and the USA in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716531
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Income inequality and job satisfaction of full-time employees in Germany
Wunder, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2006
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), it is shown that income comparison with persons who are better off has a clear impact on the job satisfaction of West German full-time employees. Two contrary effects can be identified. On the one hand, there is an aversion to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310956
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Financing social security : simulating different welfare state systems for Germany
Dieckhoener, Caroline; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
In Germany, there is an ongoing debate about how to increase the efficiency of the social security system and … especially its financing. The aim of this paper is to simulate different financing systems for Germany. The introduction of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831890
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Time and income poverty : an interdependent multidimensional poverty approach with German time use diary data
Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - 2009
multinomial logit based on time use diary data of the German Time Use Study 2001/02. One striking result for Germany: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879371
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Introducing family tax splitting in Germany : how would it affect the income distribution and work incentives?
Steiner, Viktor (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze the effects of three alternative proposals to reform the taxation of families relative to the current German system of joint taxation of couples and child allowances: a French-type family splitting and two full family splitting proposals. The empirical analysis of the effects of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003464061
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The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries
Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; Tsakloglou, Panos O. - 2009
International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920201
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Understanding rising income inequality in Germany
Biewen, Martin; Juhasz, Andos - 2010
We examine the causes for rising income inequality in Europe’s most populous economy. From 2000 to 2006, Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688886