reducing income inequality in Germany. The welfare analysis is based on a model of age-dependent human capital accumulation …

systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns of redistribution that may be explained by …

The German experience of the crisis was very different compared to those of most other countries in Europe. Germany was … situation and how the crisis unfolded in Germany, before focusing on the situation of public finances. Finally, we analyse the …

This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups … the West and East of Germany, we first derive theoretical hypotheses on group specific correlations between regional … Italy. In the case of Germany, results are quite sensitive to the model specification and the employee group considered. In …

Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … Germany lead to better earnings prospects compared to degrees obtained abroad for persons with migration background …. Independently of gender and skill level, the estimates affirm higher earnings to educational attainment in Germany. …

This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz ….S. and Germany but there were various country specific aspects of this increase. For the U.S., we find faster wage growth … Germany. Moreover, we see a large role played by cohort effects in Germany, while we find only small cohort effects in the U …

distribution of income in Germany. We simulate stepwise increases in the value-added tax (VAT) rate, which are compensated by …