Inequality and fairness have always been at the heart of any political concept aiming at the well-being of the people … inequality, the existence of inequality aversion has become a generally accepted fact in Economics. This dissertation contributes … to the ensuing debate on causes, consequences, and measurement of inequality. It consists of three essays providing …

The book ”Capital in the 21. Century” by Piketty (2014) marked the peak of attention for the topic of income inequality … working on income inequality as a topic for a Ph.D. thesis. The first project developed directly from the question how income … inequality in Germany had developed over the last decade. Since 2005, we observed a growing labor market and economic recovery …