"Wohlstand für Alle" - dieses Versprechen verbinden viele Deutsche mit der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft. Vor dem Hintergrund der anhaltend hohen Einkommens und Vermögensungleichheit werden in der öffentlichen Debatte jedoch immer häufiger Zweifel an der Fähigkeit der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft...

Existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has failed to address the question as to how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption was full responsibility for the...

The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990.Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...

Existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has failed to address the question as to how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption was full responsibility for the...

Many studies have estimated the effect of circumstances on income acquisition. Perhaps surprisingly, the fraction of inequality attributable to circumstances is usually quite small - in the advanced democracies, on the order of 20%. One reason for this is the lack of data on circumstance...

Many studies have estimated the effect of circumstances on income acquisition. Perhaps surprisingly, the fraction of inequality attributable to circumstances is usually quite small – in the advanced democracies, on the order of 20%. One reason for this is the lack of data on circumstance...

The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990. Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...

Existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has failed to address the question as to how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption was full responsibility for the...

Auch im Fünften Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht wird die Analyse fortgesetzt, wie die Einkommen und Vermögen privater Haushalte und Personen verteilt sind und wie sich diese Verteilungen entwickelt haben. Dabei wurden gegenüber den vorhergehenden Studien Aktualisierungen und eine behutsame...