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Deindustrialization and Tertiarization and the Polarization of Household Incomes: The Example of German Agglomerations

Gornig, Martin; Goebel, Jan - 2014

Deindustrialization and Tertiarization and the Polarization of Household Incomes: The Example of German Agglomerations The deindustrialization of the economy has left deep scars on cities. It is evident not only in the industrial wastelands and empty factory buildings scattered throughout the...

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Polarization and the Middle Class in Uruguay

Borraz, Fernando; González, Nicolás; Rossi, Máximo - In: Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos … 50 (2013) 2, pp. 289-326

Some approaches to measuring the middle class are based on an arbitrary definition such as income quartiles or the poverty line. Foster and Wolfson have recently developed a methodology without arbitrariness. We apply this tool and a complementary method–the relative distribution approach–to...

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The Determinants of Income Polarization on the Household and Country Level across the EU

Holzner, Mario - 2012

A multi-level approach to test for the determinants of income polarization both at the household as well as the country level is applied to a panel of about 300,000 households in EU countries over the period of 2003-2009. Among the policy relevant macro variables, higher progressive labour...

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On the Regional Convergence of Income at District Level in Slovakia

Pauhofová, Iveta; Želinský, Tomáš - In: Ekonomický časopis / Journal of Economics 65 (2017) 10, pp. 918-934

The aim of this paper is to investigate regional convergence of income at district level in Slovakia, and to answer the … types of convergence are assessed: convergence towards national median income and convergence towards regional (NUTS 3 … degree of wages convergence is found in the districts of Banská Bystrica, Žilina and Nitra Regions; and the highest degree of …

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COVID 19 and Wage Polarization: A task based approach

Schettino, Francesco; Scicchitano, Sergio; Suppa, Domenico - 2024

The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wage polarization in Italy, combining individual characteristics with their task content in terms of physical proximity within the workplace. We use an innovative dataset which combines data from two sample surveys,...

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Income Polarisation in Germany Is Rising

Goebel, Jan; Gornig, Martin; Häußermann, Hartmut - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 26, pp. 199-206

Income disparities between poorer and richer households in Germany have been widening since reunification. Although this income polarisation is reduced during economically favourable periods by strong growth in employment, once the good times are over, it rises all the faster. The longer-term...

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A Note on Income Polarization and Free-Entry Equilibrium: United States versus European Union

Benassi, Corrado; Cellini, Roberto; Chirco, Alessandra - In: Economia Internazionale / International Economics 53 (2000) 1, pp. 15-21

Income polarization and industry concentration (especially in sectors where price competition is supposed to be stiffer) are both generally deemed to be higher in the United States than in the European Union. In this note we provide an interpretation of this evidence by establishing a...

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Polarisierung der Einkommen: die Mittelschicht verliert

Goebel, Jan; Gornig, Martin; Häußermann, Hartmut - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 24, pp. 2-8

Die Einkommensgegensätze zwischen ärmeren und reicheren Haushalten nehmen in Deutschland seit der Wiedervereinigung zu. Zwar reduziert sich diese Einkommenspolarisierung in konjunkturell günstigen Phasen mit starken Beschäftigungszuwächsen. Danach aber steigt sie umso schneller wieder an....

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Secondary Issues and Party Politics: An Application to Environmental Policy

Anesi, Vincent; De Donder, Philippe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

The paper develops a political economy model to assess the interplay between political party formation and an environmental policy dimension viewed as secondary to the redistributive dimension. We define being a secondary issue in terms of the intensity of preferences over this issue rather than...

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A new approach to the measurement of polarization for grouped data

Bomsdorf, Eckart; Otto, Clemens - In: AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis 91 (2007) 2, pp. 181-196

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