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  • Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1 / 2001

    Income Composition and Redistribution in Germany: The Role of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation

    This paper deals with the relative economic performance of immigrants compared to the native born population in Germany. We compare pre and post-government income, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1995 to 1997. We categorize six population subgroups by the ethnicity of the adult household members: native-born West Germans, East Germans, "pure" Aussiedler (ethnic German immigrants), ...

    2001| Felix Büchel, Joachim R. Frick
  • 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
  • SOEPpapers 92 / 2008

    Bringing Home the Money: Xenophobia and Remittances: The Case of Germany

    The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances. Second, income and gender has ...

    2008| Elke Holst, Andrea Schäfer, Mechthild Schrooten
  • 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
  • SOEPpapers 104 / 2008

    The Impact of Household Capital Income on Income Inequality: A Factor Decomposition Analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA

    This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using micro-data from the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) for three prominent panel studies, namely the BHPS for Great Britain, the SOEP for West Germany, and the PSID for the USA, a factor decomposition method described by Shorrocks (1982) is applied. The factor decomposition of disposable ...

    2008| Anna Fräßdorf, Markus M. Grabka, Johannes Schwarze
  • 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
  • Externe Monographien

    The Impact of Household Capital Income on Income Inequality: A Factor Decomposition Analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA

    Bonn: IZA, 2008, 24 S.
    (Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 3492)
    | Anna Fräßdorf, Markus M. Grabka, Johannes Schwarze
  • 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
  • Diskussionspapiere 817 / 2008

    Fairness of Public Pensions and Old-Age Poverty

    In several OECD countries, public pay-as-you-go financed pension systems have undergone major reforms in which future retirement benefit promises have been scaled down. A consequence of these reforms is that especially in countries with a tight tax-benefit linkage, the retirement benefit claims of low-income workers might not even exceed the minimum income guarantee which the government provides the ...

    2008| Friedrich Breyer, Stefan Hupfeld
  • SOEPpapers 58 / 2007

    Labor Market Effects of International Outsourcing: How Measurement Matters

    As regards labor market effects of International Outsourcing, empirical studies have difficulties in confirming theoretical results. The use of different indices adds to the puzzle. The paper examines whether measurement differences are one reason for the mismatch between empirical and theoretical findings. In fact, considering the properties of various outsourcing indices and applying a panel data ...

    2007| Daniel Horgos
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