Der Report analysiert die Auswirkungen der globalen Wirtschaftskrise auf die Entwicklung der Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland anhand der Ungleichheitsbeiträge verschiedener Komponenten der Haushaltsmarkteinkommen. Zwei gängige Thesen werden dabei hinterfragt: Erstens sei Ende der 2000er...

In this paper, we estimate the effect of changes in capital income shares on inequality of gross household income. Using EU-SILC data covering 16 EU countries from 2005 to 2011 we find that the level of capital income shares is positively associated with the concentration of gross household...

What is the role of fiscal variables for the assessment of sovereign credit risk? Has this role changed over time? In the face of the financial crisis many OECD countries have experienced large increases of government debt relative to GDP. This has triggered a distinct response of financial...

We examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among households. We use micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel as well as macro data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2002 to 2008. We categorize and...

We examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among households. We use micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel as well as macro data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2002 to 2008. We categorize and...

Neuere Studien zur Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland verdeutlichen, dass die Untererfassung von Spitzeneinkommen in den zumeist verwendeten Umfragedaten zu erheblichen Fehleinschätzungen über die Entwicklung der Ungleichheit führt. Eine realitätsnahe Berücksichtigung von Spitzeneinkommen...

Analysen zur Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland anhand administrativer Daten des Taxpayer-Panels zeigen einen engen Zusammenhang zwischen Spitzeneinkommen und Konjunktur. Im Gegensatz zu Berechnungen auf Basis von Haushaltssurveys wie dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel wird deutlich, dass...

What is the role of fiscal variables for the assessment of sovereign credit risk? Has this role changed over time? In the face of the financial crisis many OECD countries have experienced large increases of government debt relative to GDP. This has triggered a distinct response of financial...