I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate … apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax … inequality reducing effect as measured by the Mean Log Deviation and the Gini coefficient. For the Gini, these effects are offset …

In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a … the characteristics effect, coefficient effect and residual effect contributed to the increasing levels of wage inequality … in Germany. On the other hand, the relative stability in wage inequality during the sub-period 2002-2006 was caused by …

While inequality of opportunity (IOp) in earnings is well studied, the literature on IOp in individual net wealth is … the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Ex-ante IOp is defined as the contribution of circumstances to the inequality in net … and for a detailed decomposition of net wealth inequality into a variety of circumstances; among them childhood background …

Can consumption taxes reduce inequality in developing countries? This paper combines household expenditure data from 31 … allow for informal consumption and calibrates it to the data to study the effects of different tax policies on inequality …. Contrary to consensus, the findings show that consumption taxes are redistributive, lowering inequality by as much as personal …

The quest for status is a powerful motivator, but does it affect inequality? This paper presents a novel lab experiment … that was designed and conducted to identify the relationship between inequality, status signaling, debt, and conspicuous … finance exacerbates inequality. The results point to a vicious cycle of inequality and costly borrowing …

This paper characterizes the trade-off between the income gains and the inequality costs of trade using survey data for … gains and the inequality costs of trade liberalization are quantified and the trade-offs between them are assessed using an … inequality costs (gains), which arise because trade tends to exacerbate income inequality: 45 countries face a trade-off, while …