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income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a …
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income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703074
relationship between growth and wealth inequality. The theoretical predictions find a corroboration in the empirical evidence of …
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decentralized labour market. The analysis also suggests a positive relationship between growth and wealth inequality. The …
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the spatial inequality. The evidence from the analyzed data indicates that there is a tendency to rising inequality …
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In this article we quantify the aggregate, distributional and welfare consequences of two revenue neutral flat-tax reforms using a model economy that replicates the U.S. distributions of earnings, income and wealth in very much detail. We find that the less progressive reform brings about a 2.4%...
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the U.S. economy in very much detail. We find that both reforms result in a significant increase in wealth inequality. We …
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This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …. Earnings data for thirty-one cohorts reveals striking evidence of a secular rise of intra-generational inequality in lifetime … earnings: West-German men born in the early 1960s are likely to experience about 80 % more lifetime inequality than their …
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In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve … along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form with reduced social concern amplifying primal increases in inequality due to …
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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...
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