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  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Risk Preference and Entrepreneurial Investment at the Top of the Wealth Distribution

    This study quantifies the distributional effects of the minimum wage introduced in Germany in 2015. Using detailed Socio-Economic Panel survey data, we assess changes in the hourly wages, working hours, and monthly wages of employees who were entitled to be paid the minimum wage. We employ a difference-in-differences analysis, exploiting regional variation in the “bite” of the minimum wage. At the ...

    In: Empirical Economics 66 (2024), S. 735–761 | Frank M. Fossen, Johannes König, Carsten Schröder
  • Externe Monographien

    Stock Market Participation, Work from Home, and Inequality

    Stock market participation among working household heads jumped upwards in 2020-in Germany by about 25%. A major cause is the required use of work from home (WfH). We show this by repeating a benchmark study and adding WfH to the explanatory variables. Moreover, we implement an instrumental variables estimation based on industry-specific levels of WfH-capacity. The transmission channels seem to work ...

    SSRN, 2024, 48 S.
    (SSRN Papers)
    | Lorenz Meister ,Lukas Menkhoff, Carsten Schröder
  • DIW Weekly Report 43/44 / 2024

    Carbon Pricing: Swift Introduction of a Climate Dividend Needed, Reduce at Higher Incomes

    With the transition from the German national emissions trading system to the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS2) from 2027, final consumer prices for fossil motor and heating fuels are likely to rise significantly. This increase will affect low-income households more noticeably, as they spend a larger share of their income on energy than high-income households. Existing relief measures, such ...

    2024| Stefan Bach, Mark Hamburg, Simon Meemken, Marlene Merker, Joris Pieper
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Measuring Historical Inequality in Germany

    This article surveys the measurement of historical wealth and income inequality in Germany. We discuss the underlying data sources, the challenges they pose, and the opportunities they create. We also identify two promising avenues for future research. First, we argue that the geographic granularity of German historical statistics provides researchers with the opportunity to investigate the causes ...

    In: German Economic Review (2024), im Ersch. [online first: 2024-09-16] | Thilo Albers, Charlotte Bartels, Felix Schaff
  • SOEPpapers 1210 / 2024

    The Keys to the House - How Wealth Transfers Stratify Homeownership Opportunities

    This study investigates how actual and anticipated intergenerational wealth transfers (i.e., inter-vivo gifts and inheritances) contribute to social stratification in the transition to homeownership. Utilizing discrete-time survival analysis on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (N=13,018), we find that individuals whose parents were manual workers or service workers are less likely to ...

    2024| Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, Klaus Pforr
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    The Gender Gap in Fair Earnings Increases with Age Due to Higher Age Premium for Men

    This study explores how gender and age interact in shaping beliefs about fair pay through a factorial survey experiment conducted with German employees. Respondents evaluated hypothetical worker descriptions varying in age, gender, and earnings. While no gender gap in fair earnings was found for the youngest hypothetical workers, a significant gap favoring men emerged with increasing age. This suggests ...

    In: The British Journal of Sociology (2024), im Ersch. [online first: 2024-09-18] | Jule Adriaans, Carsten Sauer, Katharina Wrohlich
  • Diskussionspapiere 2098 / 2024

    Income Effects of Disability Benefits

    We provide novel evidence about the incentive and welfare effects of an increase in the generosity of disability benefits. Importantly, a unique policy variation in Germany allows us to isolate the income effect of a change in benefit generosity. We leverage this quasi-experimental policy variation using an RD design to estimate the effect of increasing disability benefits on employment, earnings, ...

    2024| Sebastian Becker, Annica Gehlen, Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Paying Income Tax after a Natural Disaster

    We investigate the effects of a climatic shock on individuals’ tax deduction and tax payable patterns, alongside their income dynamics. Using individual-level annual tax return data and exploiting the 2010–2011 Queensland Floods in Australia as a natural experiment, we find that the floods affect different income groups differently. They also lead to persistent higher tax deductions for high-income ...

    In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 128 (2024), 103044, 18 S. | Merve Kucuk, Mehmet Ulubasoglu
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Assessing the Measurement Quality of Justice Evaluations of Earnings in Europe

    How individuals perceive the fairness of their pay carries profound implications for individuals and society. Perceptions of pay injustice are linked to a spectrum of negative outcomes, including diminished well-being, poor health, increased stress, and depressive symptoms, alongside various detrimental effects in the work domain. Despite the far-reaching impact of these justice evaluations, validity ...

    In: Social Justice Research (2024), im Ersch. [online first: 2024-08-17] | Cristóbal Moya, Jule Adriaans
  • Externe Monographien

    Education, Expectations, and the Economy: Four Essays in Education and Labor Economics

    Diese Dissertation umfasst vier eigenständige Kapitel, die zur Literatur in der BildungsundArbeitsmarktökonomie beitragen. Sie zeigen auf, welche Determinanten zu denLohnerwartungen von Abiturienten beitragen (Kapitel 1) und wie diese Erwartungenzusammen mit Arbeitsmarktbedingungen zum Zeitpunkt des Abiturs (Kapitel2), Studiengangsrankings (Kapitel 3) und Studiengebühren (Kapitel 4) nachschulischeHumankapitalinvestitionen ...

    Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, 2024, 188, XLVII S. | Andreas Leibing
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