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Using a wide variety of business cycle dating and filtering techniques, this paper documents the cyclical behavior of the post-tax income distribution in the US. First, all incomes are cyclical and co-move with the business cycle. Second, lower and higher income individuals experience...
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Using a wide variety of business cycle dating and filtering techniques, this paper documents the cyclical behavior of the post-tax income distribution in the US. First, all incomes are cyclical and co-move with the business cycle. Second, lower and higher income individuals experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607409
This study is the first to investigate the interdependence of income inequality and business cycles in Germany over the … targeted structural redistributive and stabilization measures. The results of this study show that income inequality in Germany …
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Erstmals untersucht die vorliegende Studie, wie sich die Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland mit den Konjunkturzyklen … Wirtschaftspolitik sind. Es zeigt sich, dass die Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland mit dem Konjunkturzyklus schwankt und zwar …
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Erstmals untersucht die vorliegende Studie, wie sich die Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland mit den Konjunkturzyklen … Wirtschaftspolitik sind. Es zeigt sich, dass die Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland mit dem Konjunkturzyklus schwankt und zwar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012667291
How much does inequality matter for the business cycle and vice versa? Using a Bayesian likelihood approach, we estimate a heterogeneous-agent New-Keynesian (HANK) model with incomplete markets and portfolio choice between liquid and illiquid assets. The model enlarges the set of shocks and...
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We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based …, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West Germany over the fifteen years for which data are available. Using a … highest negative income gap. This probably reflects out-migration from East Germany by the young and highly skilled. On the …
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Empirically, the income share is procyclical for the low-income groups and acyclical for the top 5%. We find that business cycle models should consider overlapping generations and elastic labor supply in order to replicate this finding
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When per capita income is low, increases in income inequality make macroeconomic cycles less severe. We present a model in which access to credit is based on earnings potential. If low as well as middle income individuals are credit constrained, increases in income inequality lead to smaller...
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economy in China is struggling in particular, and German products are less in demand—apparently because Germany is relying … already been agreed upon and those still outstanding, people in Germany will likely have noticeably more money in their …
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