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Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided education and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822182
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Risky human capital investment, income distribution, and macroeconomic dynamics
Grossmann, Volker - 2003
uninsurable labor income risk, and economic growth in a small open overlapping-generations economy with heterogeneous agents. It … impact of higher inequality on the aggregate human capital stock, and thus, on growth may be positive. This result rests on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261651
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Risky Human Capital Investment, Income Distribution, and Macroeconomic Dynamics
Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
uninsurable labor income risk, and economic growth in a small open overlapping-generations economy with heterogeneous agents. It … impact of higher inequality on the aggregate human capital stock, and thus, on growth may be positive. This result rests on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822202
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Do rising top incomes lift all boats?
Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a … top decile's income share is associated with a statistically significant 0.12 point rise in GDP growth during the … inequality is permanent, the increase in growth appears to be permanent. However, our estimates imply that it would take 13 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269773
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Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats?
Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a … top decile's income share is associated with a statistically significant 0.12 point rise in GDP growth during the … inequality is permanent, the increase in growth appears to be permanent. However, our estimates imply that it would take 13 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506067
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Women in Top Incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974–2013
Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2017
Using a large, register-based panel data set we study gender differences in top incomes in Sweden over the period 1974–2013. We find that, while women are still a minority of the top decile group, and make up a smaller share the higher up in the distribution we move, their presence has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744691
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Lifetime versus annual tax progressivity: Sweden, 1968 - 2009
Bengtsson, Niklas; Holmlund, Bertil; Waldenström, Daniel - 2012
This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968-2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283999
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Lifetime versus Annual Tax Progressivity: Sweden, 1968–2009
Bengtsson, Niklas; Holmlund, Bertil; Waldenström, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968–2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553315
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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2003
This paper reviews Jacob Mincer?s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261574
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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper reviews Jacob Mincer’s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822355