also find suggestive evidence that the paid exemption reform reduces the labor income for males in the target group. The …

also find suggestive evidence that the paid exemption reform reduces the labor income for males in the target group. The …

We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades …. Combining personal income tax and social security data allows us - for the first time - to offer a complete picture of the … German labor market and increasing labor supply. In the second part of the paper, we study the distribution of total income …

We investigate cyclicality of variance and skewness of household labor income risk using PSID data. There are five main … findings. First, we find that head's labor income exhibits countercyclical variance and procyclical skewness. Second, the … cyclicality of hourly wages is muted, suggesting that head's labor income risk is mainly coming from the volatility of hours …

We investigate cyclicality of variance and skewness of household labor income risk using PSID data. There are five main … findings. First, we find that head's labor income exhibits countercyclical variance and procyclical skewness. Second, the … cyclicality of hourly wages is muted, suggesting that head's labor income risk is mainly coming from the volatility of hours …

higher among foreign-born workers, reflecting weaker labor market attachment and high risk of large negative shocks for low-income … generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low-income workers …

In this paper we use administrative data from the social security to study income dynamics and income risk inequality … in Spain between 2005 and 2018. We construct individual measures of income risk as functions of past employment history …, income, and demographics. Focusing on males, we document that income risk is highly unequal in Spain: more than half of the …

This paper examines the relationship between idiosyncratic risk in labour income and fluctuations in aggregate labour … BHPS sub-sample of Understanding Society for 2010-2014. We measure idiosyncratic risk in labour income by the relevant …

-cycle insurance impact is much smaller. At the mean, a positive hours shock of one standard deviation raises life-time income by 10 …