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Marital sorting, inequality and the role of female labor supply: Evidence from east and west Germany
Pestel, Nico - 2015
This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past … based on a structural model of household labor supply. For West Germany, a positive effect of marital sorting on inequality … participation. In East Germany, the impact of marital sorting on inequality is highly disequalizing irrespective of adjusting for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335341
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Beyond inequality accounting: Marital sorting and couple labor supply
Pestel, Nico - 2014
This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly … inequality has been underestimated in previous approaches. Predicting hours worked for hypothetical couples reveals a strong … disequalizing impact of nonrandom sorting on inequality which is stable since the 1980s. Taking labor supply choices as given would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421054
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Beyond Inequality Accounting: Marital Sorting and Couple Labor Supply
Pestel, Nico - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly … inequality has been underestimated in previous approaches. Predicting hours worked for hypothetical couples reveals a strong … disequalizing impact of nonrandom sorting on inequality which is stable since the 1980s. Taking labor supply choices as given would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942876
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Shifting taxes from labor to consumption: Efficient, but regressive?
Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - 2013
on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332150
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Shifting Taxes from Labor to Consumption: Efficient, but Regressive?
Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896280
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Distributional and behavioral effects of the gender wage gap
Gallego-Granados, Patricia; Geyer, Johannes - 2015
. This allows us to examine the implications of the gender wage gap for income inequality and working incentives. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516287
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Distributional and Behavioral Effects of the Gender Wage Gap
Gallego-Granados, Patricia; Geyer, Johannes - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
. This allows us to examine the implications of the gender wage gap for income inequality and working incentives. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277343
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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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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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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