In a number of high-income countries over the past few decades there has been a large growth in income inequality and … an appropriate response to rising inequality is a shift towards a more progressive multi-bracket income tax system, with …

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of … by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant and robust differences between lower … persistence. -- equality of opportunity ; fairness ; redistribution ; wage inequality …

interest. After discussing the possibilities and availability of tax information in Germany, in particular for professions, we …

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of … by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant and robust differences between lower …

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of … by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant and robust differences between lower …

When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes … the ongoing policy debate in Germany. In this paper, we compare the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax …

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of … by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant and robust differences between lower …