This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …. Earnings data for thirty-one cohorts reveals striking evidence of a secular rise of intra-generational inequality in lifetime … earnings: West-German men born in the early 1960s are likely to experience about 80 % more lifetime inequality than their …

income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a …

We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period1992 to 2001 on the basis of an … in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient... …

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of … by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant and robust differences between lower …

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 … Liberal British or the Southern Greek financing system increases inequality and poverty, as well as labour supply incentives …

in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …

-occupied housing) have become increasingly important sources of economic inequality in Germany over the last two decades. Whereas the … alternative private investments, our results indicate that they do not coincide in their impacts on income inequality and poverty … inequality and relative poverty, very much driven by the increasing share of outright ownership among the elderly. On the other …

these effects. We find, first, that the labour share remains an important determinant of overall inequality patterns, and …, second, that stronger unions and a more generous unemployment benefit tend to reduce income inequality. High capital …-labour ratios also emerge as a strong equalising factor, which has in part offset the impact of increasing wage inequality on the US …