Berthold, Norbert; Brunner, Alexander; Zenzen, Jupp - 2010
In this paper we investigate the impact of macroeconomic variables on income inequality. Using data from the German … impact of the macroeconomy on inequality. In fact, the dominating driver of inequality seems to be a time trend. Nevertheless …, estimating a vector-error-correction-model allows us to gauge the effect the financial crisis has on inequality. Assuming that …