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Factor shares and income inequality : empirical evidence from Germany 2002 - 2008
Adler, Martin; Schmid, Kai D. - 2012
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...
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Mobility of top incomes in Germany
Jenderny, Katharina - 2013
Mobility of top incomes matters for both the openness of the income elite and the share of total income that this group receives. It is thus an important complement information to the growing snapshot literature on top income concentration. I use microlevel panel data of German income tax files...
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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234179
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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241628
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Behavioral effects of a federal minimum wage and income inequality in Germany : conference paper
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a … will only have a minor impact on inequality among households with at least one minimum-wage worker. Low wage earners are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341614
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Pension income inequality : a cohort study in six European countries
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422868
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Pension institutions and income inequality across European societies : Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2015
different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465441
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Distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks in real-time : a novel method applied to the Covid-19 crisis in Germany
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Peichl, Andreas; Popp, Martin; … - 2020
The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012383744
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Distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks in real-time: a novel method applied to the COVID-19 crisis in Germany
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Peichl, Andreas; Popp, Martin; … - 2020
The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012383825
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Mobility of top incomes in Germany
Jenderny, Katharina - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 62 (2016) 2, pp. 245-265
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