erences in the distribution of income and wages using county-level data from Germany. Chapter 2 analyzes the impact of the so …-called Hartz reforms on income inequality in German regions. Chapter 3 investigates the long-term effect of university openings on … the wage distribution in the surrounding area. Chapters 4 and 5 turn to the political consequences of regional income …

-access Panel Study of Income Dynamics data from 1970 to 2019 to study how Walmart Supercenter openings affect poverty, tax … Supercenter leads to a 2 percentage point (16%) increase in poverty. This increase is channeled through declining annual earnings … and persists for 10 years following the Supercenter's entry. Increases in poverty are particularly strong for younger and …

. These effects concentrate on senior skilled workers. Exposed locations also exhibit a relative decline in monetary poverty. …

. Increasing family income inequality drove much of the rise in neighbourhood inequality. Increased spatial economic segregation … growth, and a rise in neighbourhood income inequality. …

be associated with acute social inequality and deep poverty. Many countries struggle to diversify their economies, and …

well as large public transfer programs affect the distribution of income. These transfers may well be interpreted as a …, growth generated by the boom reduces poverty despite increasing informality. …

well as large public transfer programs affect the distribution of income. These transfers may well be interpreted as a …, growth generated by the boom reduces poverty despite increasing informality. …

of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …

of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …