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Inequality, infrastructure, and institutions : empirical studies in public economics and political economy
Dorn, Florian - 2021
Florian Dorn erstellte diesen Beitrag während seines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität München (LMU). Die Studie wurde im September 2020 abgeschlossen und von der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre als Dissertation angenommen. Die Dissertation trägt zur Empirie der Ökonomie des...
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Gerechtigkeitspolitische Handlungsfelder in Deutschland : relevante Probleme angemessen angehen
Anger, Christina; Hüther, Michael; Klös, Hans-Peter; … - 2017
Zentrale verteilungspolitische Indikatoren in Deutschland haben sich seit dem Jahr 2005 wieder normalisiert oder sogar strukturell verbessert. Dennoch bleiben mindestens drei zentrale Herausforderungen: Erstens gelingt es nicht, die Langzeitarbeitslo-sigkeit stärker als bereits geschehen...
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Still Searching for the Wage Curve : Evidence from Germany and Italy
Ammermueller, Andreas - 2008
This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups …. In the light of high and persistent differences in unemployment and wage rates between the North and South of Italy and …;wage curvequot; in Italy. In the case of Germany, results are quite sensitive to the model specification and the employee group …
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The role of capital income for top incomes shares in Germany
Bartels, Charlotte; Jenderny, Katharina - 2014
A large literature has documented top income share series based on income tax statistics using the common methodology established by Piketty (2001, 2003). The disappearance of capital income from the income tax base in many countries poses a major challenge to the comparability of these series...
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Geschlechterspezifische Einkommensunterschiede bei Selbständigen als Freiberufler und Gewerkbetreibende im Vergleich zu abhängig Beschäftigten : ein empirischer Vergleich auf der G...
Eilsberger, Patricia; Zwick, Markus - 2011
Im Bereich der Geschlechterforschung wird eine ungleiche Teilhabe von Männern und Frauen am Arbeitsmarkt beobachtet. Obgleich sich der Anteil der erwerbstätigen Frauen der männlichen Quote annähert, unterscheiden sich weibliche von männlichen Arbeitsformen. Es wird benannt, dass Frauen...
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Wealth and its Distribution in Germany, 1895-2018
Albers, Thilo N. H.; Bartels, Charlotte; Schularick, Moritz - 2022
German history over the past 125 years has been turbulent. Marked by two world wars, revolutions and major regime changes, as well as a hyperinflation and three currency reforms, expropriations and territorial divisions, it provides unique insights into the role of country-specific shocks in...
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Urban political structure and inequality : political economy lessons from early modern German cities
Schaff, Felix - 2022
What was the impact of urban political structure on economic inequality in preindustrial times? I document that more closed political institutions were associated with higher economic inequality in a panel of early modern German cities. To investigate the mechanisms behind that...
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The inheritance and gift tax in Germany reform potentials for tax revenue, efficiency and distribution
Beznoska, Martin; Hentze, Tobias; Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2020
The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed, and to increase incentives to work by lowering the tax burden on labour, which is especially high in Germany according to the OECD. The purpose of this paper is therefore to...
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Distributional National Accounts (DINA) for Germany, 1992-2016
Bach, Stefan; Bartels, Charlotte; Neef, Theresa - 2023
This paper presents Distributional National Accounts (DINA) for Germany from 1992 to 2016. We combine personal income tax files with SOEP survey data to estimate the distribution of national income following the DINA method established by Piketty et al. (2018). We find that economic growth in...
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The regional distribution of income and wages : causes and consequences
Immel, Lea - 2021
Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...
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