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  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    From Bottom to Top: The Entire Income Distribution in Germany, 1992 - 2003

    We analyze the distribution of market income in Germany in the period 1992 to 2003 on the basis of an integrated dataset that encompasses the whole spectrum of the population, from the very poor to the very rich. We find a modest increase of the Gini coefficient, a substantial drop of median income and a remarkable growth of the income share accruing to the economic elite, which we define as the richest ...

    In: The Review of Income and Wealth 55 (2009), 2, S. 303-330 | Stefan Bach, Giacomo Corneo, Viktor Steiner
  • Diskussionspapiere 767 / 2008

    Effective Taxation of Top Incomes in Germany, 1992 - 2002

    We analyze the taxation of top personal incomes in Germany on the basis of an integrated data file of individual tax returns and a general household survey for the years 1992 - 2002. The unique feature of this integrated data set is that it includes all taxpayers in the top percentile of the gross income distribution. We show that despite substantial tax base erosion and significant reductions of top ...

    2008| Stefan Bach, Giacomo Corneo, Viktor Steiner
  • Diskussionspapiere 791 / 2008

    Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

    In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal minimum wage of € 7.5 per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model which accounts for the complex interactions between individual wages, the tax-benefit system ...

    2008| Kai-Uwe Müller, Viktor Steiner
  • Externe Monographien

    Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

    Bonn: IZA, 2008, 32 S.
    (Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 3491)
    | Kai-Uwe Müller, Viktor Steiner
  • SOEPpapers 44 / 2007

    Introducing Family Tax Splitting in Germany: How Would It Affect the Income Distribution, Work Incentives and Household Welfare?

    We analyze the effects of three alternative proposals to reform the taxation of families relative to the current German system of joint taxation of couples and child allowances: a French-type family splitting and two full family splitting proposals. The empirical analysis of the effects of these proposals on the income distribution and on work incentives is based on a behavioral micro-simulation model ...

    2007| Viktor Steiner, Katharina Wrohlich
  • Externe Monographien

    As SIMPL as That: Introducing a Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for Poland

    Bonn: IZA, 2007, 51 S.
    (Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 2988)
    | Olivier Bargain, Leszek Morawski, Michal Myck, Mieczyslaw Socha
  • Externe Monographien

    From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001

    Bonn: IZA, 2007, 27 S.
    (Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 2723)
    | Stefan Bach, Giacomo Corneo, Viktor Steiner
  • Externe Monographien

    Safety Net Still in Transition: Labour Market Incentive Effects of Extending Social Support in Poland

    Bonn: IZA, 2007, 36 S.
    (Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 3157)
    | Peter Haan, Michal Myck
  • Other refereed essays

    Distributive Effekte der deutschen Abgeltungssteuer auf Kapitaleinkünfte

    In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 127 (2007), 2, S. 297-314 | Michael Broer
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Voting, Inequality and Redistribution

    This paper surveys models of voting on redistribution. Under reasonable assumptions, the baseline model produces an equilibrium with the extent of redistributive taxation chosen by the median income earner. If the median is poorer than average, redistribution is from rich to poor, and increasing inequality increases redistribution. However, under different assumptions about the economic environment, ...

    In: Journal of Economic Surveys 21 (2007), 1, S. 90-109 | Rainald Borck
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