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Older or Wealthier? The Impact of Age Adjustments on the Wealth Inequality Ranking of Countries
Almas, Ingvild; Mogstady, Magne - 2009
Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this … in cross-sections, which eliminates transitory wealth inequality due to age, yet preserves inequality arising from other … yield erroneous wealth inequality rankings of countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600825
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Extending the Empirical Basis for Wealth Inequality Research Using Statistical Matching of Administrative and Survey Data
Rasner, Anika; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2011
's lifecycle. Despite its quantitative relevance, social security wealth has been thus far omitted from wealth inequality analyses … distribution of individual net worth as well as overall inequality. The present value of pension entitlements (including … results based on net worth only, inequality of our amended wealth measure is about 25 percent less. Moreover, we present …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601001
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Older or Wealthier?: The Impact of Age Adjustments on the Wealth Inequality Ranking of Countries
Almas, Ingvild; Mogstady, Magne - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this … in cross-sections, which eliminates transitory wealth inequality due to age, yet preserves inequality arising from other … yield erroneous wealth inequality rankings of countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017433
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Extending the Empirical Basis for Wealth Inequality Research Using Statistical Matching of Administrative and Survey Data
Rasner, Anika; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
's lifecycle. Despite its quantitative relevance, social security wealth has been thus far omitted from wealth inequality analyses … distribution of individual net worth as well as overall inequality. The present value of pension entitlements (including … results based on net worth only, inequality of our amended wealth measure is about 25 percent less. Moreover, we present …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836256
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Income mobility
Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2013
We survey the literature on income mobility, aiming to provide an integrated discussion of mobility within- and between-generations. We review mobility concepts, descriptive devices, measurement methods, data sources, and recent empirical evidence.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327284
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Wealth and its distribution in Germany, 1895-2018
Albers, Thilo N. H.; Bartels, Charlotte; Schularick, Moritz - 2022
German history over the past 125 years has been turbulent. Marked by two world wars, revolutions and major regime changes, as well as a hyperinflation and three currency reforms, expropriations and territorial divisions, it provides unique insights into the role of country-specific shocks in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373186
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The evolution of income inequality in Germany and Switzerland since the turn of the millennium
Grabka, Markus M.; Kuhn, Ursina - 2012
This paper presents and compares trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using … harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). Whereas in Germany inequality has … increased substantially during this period, in Switzerland inequality in market incomes has increased only marginally and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287226
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Income Mobility
Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
We survey the literature on income mobility, aiming to provide an integrated discussion of mobility within- and between-generations. We review mobility concepts, descriptive devices, measurement methods, data sources, and recent empirical evidence.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128997
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Wealth Distribution within Couples and Financial Decision Making
Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896274
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The Evolution of Income Inequality in Germany and Switzerland since the Turn of the Millennium
Grabka, Markus M.; Kuhn, Ursina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper presents and compares trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using … harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). Whereas in Germany inequality has … increased substantially during this period, in Switzerland inequality in market incomes has increased onlymarginally and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787003