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The Distribution of Earnings Under Monopsonistic/Polistic Competition
Thisse, Jacques-François - 2010
, firms are price-makers and wage-setters. Our setting combines monopolistic and monopsonistic competition, thus encapsulating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139040
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Distributional Effects of Competition : A Simulation Approach
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Araar, Abdelkrim; … - 2021
Welfare and Competition tool (WELCOM), to estimate with minimum data requirements the direct distributional effects of market … telecommunications and corn products. The results show that increasing competition from four to 12 firms in the mobile telecommunications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250767
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Liberal Professions in the Microcensus II - Income and Income Distribution : First Results for East and West Germany in 1991
Merz, Joachim - 2009
concerning the western parts and the former eastern communist areas of the unified Germany. It follows the elementary paper about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207076
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The Distribution of Effective Tax Burdens in Four EU Countries
Merz, Joachim; de Kam, C.A; de Haan, J.; Giles, C.; … - 2009
competition. Important features of national tax systems - notably the tax mix, tax rates and rules which define the tax base … aim of the present paper is twofold: Firstly, we detail the tax mix of four member states of the European Union (Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207259
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Distribution Effects of the German Fiscal Reform 2000/2005 Compared to the ,Karlsruher Concept - Effects on the Income Distribution of Self-Employed Persons (Liberal Professions, E...
Merz, Joachim; Zwick, Markus - 2009
2000/2005 in Germany the ‘Karlsruhe proposal’ is discussed, which tries to raise the transparency and thereby the taxation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207775
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Top Income : A Distribution Analysis for Liberal Professions, Entrepreneurs and Employees - A Microanalysis based on the German Income Tax Statistics
Merz, Joachim; Zwick, Markus - 2009
The distribution of societal resources is of high societal, economic and social policy importance. What is missing are reliable data above all about high income. This study will contribute to a well-founded analysis of high income for self employed – as (liberal) professions and entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207780
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What Accounts for High Incomes of Self-Employed Persons? - A Microanalysis Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel
Hirschel, Dierk; Merz, Joachim - 2009
high working income of the self-employed (200% of mean as the wealth line) in Germany. We distinguish between individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207782
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Income Richness of the Elderly in Germany - New Richness Indicators and Results from the German Income Tax Statistics (Fast 2001)
Böhm, Paul; Merz, Joachim - 2009
This contribution analyzes income richness of elder persons in Germany in 2001. Using actual data of the German Wage …, an above-average relevance of income richness can be ascertained for the elderly in Germany in 2001 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208338
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Timing, Fragmentation of Work and Income Inequality - An Earnings Treatment Effects Approach
Merz, Joachim; Böhm, Paul; Burgert, Derik - 2008
pattern (self-selection)and pattern specific earnings function explanation. The overall result: Individual earnings in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212238
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Individual Well-Being in a Dynamic Perspective
D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2011
This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income. Making full use of the panel data nature of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for well-being depending on absolute and on relative levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756895