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Rising Wage Inequality in Germany : Increasing Heterogeneity and Changing Selection into Full-Time Work
Biewen, Martin - 2017
This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945241
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From Bottom to Top : The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - 2021
We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317139
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The Role of Hours Changes for the Increase in German Earnings Inequality
Biewen, Martin - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915179
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Trends in the German Income Distribution : 2005/06 to 2010/11
Biewen, Martin - 2017
We analyze the potential influence of a number of factors on the distribution of equivalized net incomes in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966056
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Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143678
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Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany
Biewen, Martin - 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/10013139967