This chapter comprises three main parts. The first part is about data sources, the definitions of income, and the methodologies used to estimate top income shares. Both the standard sources and methods used by the traditional top income studies are described. Further, new developments that employ new sources and estimation approaches are added, a detailed survey of the top-correction methods for surveys ...
In:
Klaus F. Zimmermann (Ed.) ,
Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics
Berlin: Springer
S. 1-28
| Charlotte Bartels, Daniel Waldenström
Diese Dissertation setzt sich aus vier empirischen Kapiteln über Ungleichheit zusammen, wobei die Kapitel 1 und 2 regionale Ungleichheiten behandeln, während die Kapitel 3 und 4 Ungleichheit auf individueller Ebene untersuchen.Das erste Kapitel leistet einen methodischen Beitrag zur Literatur über regionale Ungleichheit, indem es den Befehl fayherriot für die Statistiksoftware Stata bereitstellt. Der ...
Berlin:
Freie Universität Berlin,
2022,
XV, 212 S.
| Christoph Halbmeier
The assumption that economic resources are equally shared within households has been found to be untenable for income but is still often upheld for wealth. In this introduction to the special issue “Wealth in Couples”, we argue that within-household inequality in wealth is a pertinent and under-researched area that is ripe for development. To this end, we outline the relevance of wealth for demographic ...
In:
European Journal of Population
38 (2022), 4, S. 623-641
| Philipp M. Lersch, Emanuela Struffolino, Agnese Vitali
After the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, Catalonia is set to be the place of the most ambitious Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot experiment in Europe to date. Up to 5,000 participants will be selected to receive for two years (2023-2024) an individual cash benefit of 800 EUR (300 EUR for minors), unconditionally. The Catalan pilot project will also test the...
10.08.2022| Aida Martínez Tinaut, Team of Experts for Catalonia's Office of the Pilot Plan to Implement the Universal Basic Income
Mit dem Bürgergeld plant die Ampel-Koalition eine Reform des Hartz-IV-Systems mit Erleichterungen für Leistungsbeziehende. Dieser Wochenbericht nimmt auf Basis einer zufallsbasierten Befragung in acht Jobcentern in Nordrhein-Westfalen die Perspektive von Langzeitarbeitslosen ein: Wie schätzen sie zentrale Reforminhalte ein? Wie nehmen Langzeitarbeitslose ihre Situation wahr? Und was machen sie tagtäglich? ...
2022| Fabian Beckmann, Rolf G. Heinze, Dominik Schad, Jürgen Schupp
According to Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data, inequality in gross monthly earnings in Germany increased significantly between 1993 and 2003 and has been stagnating at a high level since 2008. As this Weekly Report shows, the increase is not being driven by higher hourly wage inequality, but rather by working hours: In recent years, employees with a high hourly wage work more than previously compared ...