Häufig wird in der deutschen Gerechtigkeitsdebatte auf die relativ hohe Vermögensungleichheit verwiesen. Wie ein internationaler Vergleich zeigt, ist diese Ungleichheit allerdings nichts Ungewöhnliches: Sie ist meist dort besonders hoch, wo der Staat über ausgeprägte Sicherungssysteme verfügt – wie die Bundesrepublik.
Adding to the rich literature on the economic integration of refugees, this article extends the scope towards the role of institutions by focusing on the transfer of human capital by means of credential recognition. The 2012 Federal Act of Recognition in Germany is a new institution that provides the possibility to study the transfer of human capital in depth. I argue that analysing the decision for ...
Previous estimates of inequality of opportunity (IOp) are lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed characteristics beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. Knowing the true size of unfair IOp, however, is important for the acceptance of (some) inequality and the design of redistributive policies as underestimating the true amount of IOp might lead to too little ...