shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German … period of income. Estimates from annual, quarterly and monthly distributions are provided for one and a half decades …

The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur … together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The … disposable income distributions evolved over time. The results indicate that polarization increased in all the considered …

job loss, but also concerning an increased polarization of the remaining jobs due to processes of devaluation and …

the aggregate level, the main driver is equally income polarization, whereas the standard measure of inequality, the Gini … of 1995-2017 microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to show that both individual polarization and relative …

on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …

on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …

This paper studies the impact of economic inequality on political polarization. Using a unique dataset covering … different measures of regional income inequality as well as federal and state election outcomes at the county level in Germany …, we investigate whether inequality influences the share of votes for right-wing and left-wing extremist parties using …