SOEP Research: Inequality and Mobility

Income and Patterns of Inequality

The Dynamics of Social Change in Europe: Final Report to the European Commission

Household Income Distribution in Germany with Special Distinction between Working Age and Retirement Age Population: An Updated Analysis Using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) in the Years 1984, 1989, 1994 and 2001 ; Report for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Income Mobility in Old Age in Britain and Germany

Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany: Relative Income Positions, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects

Based on data from the BHPS and the SOEP, we analyse the economic performance of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of each country as the reference category, we find that, as a whole, the non-indigenous population in the UK fares much better than the immigrant population in Germany. ...

Professional Qualifications and Long Hours the Key to High Income

Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies

Household Income Distribution in Germany with Special Distinction between Working Age and Retirement Age Population: An Analysis Using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) in the Years 1994 and 2001 ; Report for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Target Shortfall Orderings and Indices

Given any income distribution, to each income we associate a subgroup containing all persons whose incomes are not higher than this income and a person's target shortfall in a subgroup is the gap between the subgroup highest income and his own income. We then develop an absolute target shortfall ordering, which, under constancy of population size and total income, implies the Lorenz and Cowell-Ebert ...

Income Risks within Retirement in Great Britain and Germany

This study examines income mobility amongst older people in Great Britain and Germany after retirement. The motivation is that older people may be subject to greater income risks in today's environment of early exits from the labour force, rising longevity and increasing reliance on private pension income. Our results provide evidence that income mobility amongst older people is more pronounced in ...