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By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce...
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Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …
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Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …
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The affordability of housing has become a major topic of discussion in Germany among both social scientists and the public at large. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we provide rent-income ratios over more than two decades and show how they change with households’...
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The affordability of housing has become a major topic of discussion in Germany among both social scientists and the public at large. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we provide rent-income ratios over more than two decades and show how they change with households'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010162
association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that … not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution) that leads to the outcome influences subjective … people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of inequality has a positive effect on well …
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association of reduction of income inequality by governmental taxes and transfers (redistribution) with subjective well … its reduction, their results might indicate that not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution …-being. Their results provide evidence that people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of …
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This paper is an empirical overview of inequalities of pension outcomes in six European countries, which are shaped by a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and analyses their...
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different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A …
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The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed … tool for fighting wealth inequality without having distorting effects for the economy. For this purpose, the distributional …
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