Neuere Studien zur Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland verdeutlichen, dass die Untererfassung von Spitzeneinkommen in den zumeist verwendeten Umfragedaten zu erheblichen Fehleinschätzungen über die Entwicklung der Ungleichheit führt. Eine realitätsnahe Berücksichtigung von Spitzeneinkommen...

Analysen zur Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland anhand administrativer Daten des Taxpayer-Panels zeigen einen engen Zusammenhang zwischen Spitzeneinkommen und Konjunktur. Im Gegensatz zu Berechnungen auf Basis von Haushaltssurveys wie dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel wird deutlich, dass...

Unsere Anregung des Vergleichs der Ungleichheitsentwicklungen anhand verschiedener Teilpopulationen zielt nicht darauf, die Datenqualität des SOEP anhand "scheinbar widersprüchlicher" Befunde infrage zu stellen. Vielmehr geht es darum, den Mehrwert komplementärer Betrachtungen und...

In this paper we demonstrate that interpersonal comparisons do not only influence people's level of utility but also lead to "keeping up with the Joneses"-behavior as reference consumption substantially affects households' consumption-savings decisions. By applying the insights from the...

We demonstrate that upward-looking comparisons induce "keeping up with the richer Joneses"-behavior. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate the effect of reference consumption, defined as the consumption level of all households who are perceived to be richer, on household...

We demonstrate that upward-looking comparisons induce "keeping up with the richer Joneses"-behavior. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate the effect of reference consumption, defined as the consumption level of all households who are perceived to be richer, on household...

In this paper we demonstrate that interpersonal comparisons do not only influence people's level of utility but also lead to "keeping up with the Joneses"-behavior as reference consumption substantially affects households' consumption-savings decisions. By applying the insights from the...

What is the role of fiscal variables for the assessment of sovereign credit risk? Has this role changed over time? In the face of the financial crisis many OECD countries have experienced large increases of government debt relative to GDP. This has triggered a distinct response of financial...

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...

Using micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel we examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among individuals. In particular, we categorize and evaluate the implications of changing income shares from asset flows...