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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010
In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account...
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Multidimensional Measurement of Richness: Theory and an Application to Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010
Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper provides similar measures for the top of the distribution using a dual cutoff method to identify individuals, who can be considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this...
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Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Applications to Germany 2008-09
Bargain, Oliver; Immervoll, Herwig; Peichl, Andreas; … - 2010
Macro-level changes can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the household level. While it is possible to speculate about which groups are likely to be hardesthit, detailed distributional studies are still largely backward-looking. This paper suggests a straightforward...
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The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2011
Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...
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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...
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Multidimensional Well-Being at the Top: Evidence for Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011
This paper employs a multidimensional approach for the measurement of well-being at the top of the distribution using German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material well-being, we include health as a proxy for nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported...
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Intergenerationelle Einkommensmobilität: Schlusslicht Deutschland?
Hufe, Paul; Peichl, Andreas; Weishaar, Daniel - In: ifo Schnelldienst 71 (2018) 20, pp. 20-28
. Nach einer kürzlich erschienenen Studie der OECD rangiert Deutschland in dieser Dimension unter den Schlusslichtern der …
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Was bei einer Reform des Solidaritätszuschlags zu beachten ist
Blömer, Maximilian; Dörr, Luisa; Fuest, Clemens; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 72 (2019) 16, pp. 29-41
Die öffentliche Debatte um den Solidaritätszuschlag nimmt gegenwärtig Fahrt auf. Am 9. August legte das Bundesfinanzministerium einen Gesetzesentwurf vor, der die Ergänzungsabgabe für gut 90% der Steuerzahler zurückführt. Dies soll durch die erhebliche Erhöhung der derzeit geltenden...
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Ungleichheit unter der Lupe – neue politische Antworten auf ein bekanntes Thema
Niehues, Judith; Stockhausen, Maximilian; Peichl, Andreas; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 73 (2020) 02, pp. 03-26
Ungleichheit insgesamt ansteige. Dies bedeute jedoch nicht, dass es einer Person, die vorher in Deutschland lebe, schlechter gehe … Markteinkommen in Deutschland in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten drastisch gestiegen ist, da die Kapiteleinkommen stärker gewachsen sind … Immobiliengewinnern zählten Haushalte, die über Immobilienvermögen verfügen und das sei im "Mieterland Deutschland" noch nicht einmal …
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Städte sind stärker von den wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Coronakrise betroffen
Kloiber, Kevin; Menkhoff, Manuel; Möhrle, Sascha; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 74 (2021) 05, pp. 53-58
Regionale Unterschiede zu den wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Coronakrise in Deutschland sind bisher nur unzureichend …
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