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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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From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - 2007
modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600697
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From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017459
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The Impact of Household Capital Income on Income Inequality: A Factor Decomposition Analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA
Fräßdorf, Anna; Grabka, Markus M.; Schwarze, Johannes - 2008
This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using micro … contribution to overall inequality in relation to its share in disposable income. This applies to Germany and the USA in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600750
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Dealing with Incomplete Household Panel Data in Inequality Research
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2010
. Not only can item nonresponse and unit nonresponse impair important outcome measures for inequality research such as total … substantive results in the inequality research. We find indications of substantial bias on income inequality and poverty as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600932
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The Impact of Household Capital Income on Income Inequality: A Factor Decomposition Analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA
Fräßdorf, Anna; Grabka, Markus M.; Schwarze, Johannes - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using micro … contribution to overall inequality in relation to its share in disposable income. This applies to Germany and the USA in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017371
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Dealing with Incomplete Household Panel Data in Inequality Research
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
. Not only can item nonresponse and unit nonresponse impair important outcome measures for inequality research such as total … substantive results in the inequality research. We find indications of substantial bias on income inequality and poverty as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541307
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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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Economic growth evens-out happiness: Evidence from six surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Fléche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334229