With its commitment to double the share of renewable fuels in electricity generation to at least 30% by 2020, the German government has embarked on a potentially costly policy course whose public support remains an open empirical question. Building on household survey data, in this paper we...

Income-expenditure surveys typically provide incomes on the household level. As households can differ in size and needs, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original heterogeneous into an artificial quasi-homogeneous population....

In 2001 the German government started to promote the development of private pensions by means of special saving subsidies and tax incentives (Riester-scheme). That policy especially targets households with relatively low incomes. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel, we scrutinize the...

Since 2002 the German government has promoted private retirement saving plans by means of special subsidies and tax incentives (Riester scheme). This policy mainly targets low-income households. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel, we scrutinize the impact of the Riester scheme on...

In der Oktoberausgabe 2015 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz zu "Einkommensverteilung und gesamtwirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Deutschland: Spitzeneinkommen - ein Missing-Link". Die Autoren des vorliegenden Beitrags setzen sich kritisch damit auseinander, im Anschluss...

Unsere Anregung des Vergleichs der Ungleichheitsentwicklungen anhand verschiedener Teilpopulationen zielt nicht darauf, die Datenqualität des SOEP anhand "scheinbar widersprüchlicher" Befunde infrage zu stellen. Vielmehr geht es darum, den Mehrwert komplementärer Betrachtungen und...