Die Arbeitnehmereinkommen West-Berlins im interregionalen Vergleich: eine Analyse für das Jahr 1972

Abstract

In 1972, the average individual income of employed persons increased more rapidly in West Berlin than in West Germany overall or in Hamburg. The income lead held by West Berlin over West Germany thus continued to widen, a process already observable in the preceding year. ln 1972, the relative lead in earnings increased from 2 to 3.5 percentage points. The improvement relative to the Hamburg average income was not as great as that compared to West Germany overall. Hamburg's 8.5 percent lead of 1971 was reduced by only one percentage point to 7.5 percent in 1972. Regional deviations in average income are the calculatory result of two groups of factors: variations in compensation for the same work performed and 168 employee structure differences from region to region. Adjusting interregional income difference for Variations in the "wage-earner ratio", for differences in the extent of employment of female workers, and for economic structure differences enlarges the West Berlin lead over the West German average to about 4 percent. In the case of Hamburg, however, the structural adjustment turns out nearly negligible and Hamburg retains about a 7.5 percent lead.