Topic Inequality

A Comparison of Alternative Measures of Economic Well-Being for Germany and the United States

This paper, using six waves of data (1984-89) from the United States Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), compares economic well-being using single year income, multi-year income, and wealth as measures. We find inequality to be greater in the United States than in Germany regardless of the measure used. However, the relative degree of inequality varies ...

Increase in VAT Would Effect Households in Different Income Categories Roughly Equally

Assimilation and Other Determinants of School Attainment in Germany: do Immigrant Children Perform as Well as Germans?

Employment and Social Policies under International Constraints: A Study for the Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid

How Income Inequality Changed in Germany Following Reunification: An Empirical Analysis Using Decomposable Inequality Measures

This paper analyzes how inequality in Before and After Government income has changed in Germany since reunification using the 1990 through 1992 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel. A Theil decomposable inequality index is used to measure inequality in Germany and in its eastern and western states. Massive public transfers from west to east have narrowed the east-west income gap, substantially ...

East Germany: Rising Incomes, Unchanged Inequality and the Impact of Redistributive Government 1990-92

East German Incomes Continue to Rise - But Renewed Increase in Poverty

Rich and Poor: Stability or Change? West German Income Mobility 1984-93

Some Aspects of the Social Transition Processes in Hungary and East Germany: Income Inequality and Poverty

The Income of Socialist Elites during the Transition to Capitalism: Credible Evidence from Longitudinal East German Data