income inequality in the U.S. This debate is mainly based on the seminal work of Piketty and co-authors. Auten and Splinters …' results challenge established measurement techniques as their results indicate a much weaker increase in income inequality … results. However, U.S. results on inequality are only of limited use for similar debates in Germany. This is due to the fact …

growth in the centuries to follow. We provide empirical evidence for our core mechanisms and discuss how the model applies to …