This article analyzes the determinants of market income distribution and governmental redistribution. The dependent variables are LIS data on market income inequality (measured by the Gini index) for households with a head aged 25 to 59 and the percent reduction in the Gini index by taxes and...

The past 30 years have witnessed a dramatic change in the way Western democracies deal with ethnic minorities. In the past, ethnic diversity was often seen as a threat to political stability, and minorities were subject to a range of policies intended to assimilate or marginalize them. Today,...

Die Bundesregierung hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, dass Deutschland "in Zukunft bei wettbewerbsfähigen Energiepreisen und hohem Wohlstandsniveau eine der energie-effizientesten und umweltschonendsten Volkswirtschaften der Welt"1 werden soll. Dabei wird der energetischen Gebäudesanierung2 eine...

After an extended process of reform the European Union has introduced direct payments to farmers which are decoupled from production decisions as a central element of its Common Agricultural Policy. They are also referred to as Single Farm Payments. In this paper we analyze the production and...