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The aim of this discussion paper is not only to activate a debate over the interrelation between rising income inequality and economic policy measures but also to initiate comparative research in several European countries and North America. It discusses the consequences of a rising income...
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It is common sense that (liberal) professions and entrepreneurs (tradesmen) as self-employed are rich by money and, because of their independence and time sovereignty, are rich by time, too. This study tries to shed empirically based light on the issue and the well-being situation of the...
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income distribution. Recent studies for Germany have shown a great dispersion and a heterogeneous structure of earnings in …
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pattern (self-selection)and pattern specific earnings function explanation. The overall result: Individual earnings in Germany …
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We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades … distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that cross-sectional inequality rose until 2009 for men and women. After the …
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Using new data from a three-wave panel survey administered in Germany between May 2020 and May 2021, this paper studies …
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We analyze the potential influence of a number of factors on the distribution of equivalized net incomes in Germany …
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Using data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey (GSES), this paper studies the role of changes in working hours for the increase in male and female earnings inequality between 2001 and 2010. We provide both classic decompositions of the variance of log earnings into the variances of...
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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 …
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This paper studies inequalities in labour market outcomes, incomes and economic concerns across workers in Germany … pillars of Germany's policy response to the crisis, prevented a further widening of labour market inequalities. In spite of …
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