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Factor shares and income inequality: Empirical evidence from Germany 2002 - 2008
Adler, Martin; Schmid, Kai Daniel - 2012
We examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among households. We use micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel as well as macro data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2002 to 2008. We categorize and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287225
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Factor Shares and Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Germany 2002-2008
Adler, Martin; Schmid, Kai Daniel - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
We examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among households. We use micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel as well as macro data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2002 to 2008. We categorize and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010564002
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Direct evidence on income comparisons and subjective well-being
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2013
Subjective well-being (SWB) is generally argued to rise with relative income. However, direct evidence is scarce on whether and how intensively individuals undertake income comparisons, to whom they relate, and what they perceive their relative income to be. In this paper, novel data with direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294938
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Explaining rising Income inequality in Germany, 1991-2010
Schmid, Kai Daniel; Stein, Ulrike - 2013
In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim … to identify the main drivers of this rise in income inequality since the early 1990s. We provide a broad overview of the … circumstances under which inequality evolved, i.e. which changes in the German economy are most likely to provide an explanation for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322845
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Why has inequality in Germany not risen further after 2005?
Rehm, Miriam; Schmid, Kai Daniel; Wang, Dieter - 2014
In this paper we explore the reasons for the trend reversal in the development of household market income inequality in … rising share of atypically employed persons have affected the development of income inequality over the last two decades. We … income forms to overall inequality. Our results suggest that changes in the distribution of capital income were a key factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421045
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Why Has Inequality in Germany Not Risen Further after 2005?
Rehm, Miriam; Schmid, Kai Daniel; Wang, Dieter - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
In this paper we explore the reasons for the trend reversal in the development of household market income inequality in … rising share of atypically employed persons have affected the development of income inequality over the last two decades. We … income forms to overall inequality. Our results suggest that changes in the distribution of capital income were a key factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937933
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Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Subjective well-being (SWB) is generally argued to rise with relative income. However, direct evidence is scarce on whether and how intensively individuals undertake income comparisons, to whom they relate, and what they perceive their relative income to be. In this paper, novel data with direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635679
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Explaining Rising Income Inequality in Germany, 1991-2010
Schmid, Kai Daniel; Stein, Ulrike - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim … to identify the main drivers of this rise in income inequality since the early 1990s. We provide a broad overview of the … circumstances under which inequality evolved, i.e. which changes in the German economy are most likely to provide an explanation for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896223
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Let bygones be bygones? Socialist regimes and personalities in Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the socialist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. We show that there are significant differences between former GDR and FRG residents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301384
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Positional income concers: Prevalence and relationship with personality and economic preferences
Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario; Pannenberg, Markus - 2014
This paper presents detailed evidence about who compares to whom in terms of relative income. We rely on representative survey data on the importance of income comparisons vis-a-vis seven reference groups, allowing us to exploit within-subject heterogeneity. We explore the prevalence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464365