Umfragen der Langzeitstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) zeigen, dass Privatpersonen ab 16 Jahren in Deutschland im Jahr 2017 fast zehn Milliarden Euro spendeten. Das Spendenvolumen ist im Vergleich zum Jahr 2009 wesentlich angestiegen. Die Höhe liegt aufgrund methodischer Vorteile der SOEP-Befragung deutlich über den Ergebnissen anderer Befragungen. Der Anteil der Spendenden im Jahr 2017 betrug ...
Unconditional basic income has been discussed for many years. It is intended to solve problems that may arise as a result of demographic change, digitalisation and automation. Very different concepts form the basis for the discussion. For example, it is not clear what level such a basic income should have, which social benefits it would replace and, above all, how it would to be financed. It was originally ...
This paper presents the first comprehensive study of the long-run evolution of wealth inequality in Germany. We combine tax data, surveys, national accounts and rich lists to study the distribution of wealth in Germany from 1895 to 2018. We show that the concentration of wealth in the hands of the top 1% has fallen by half, from close to 50% in 1895 to less than 25% today. The interwar period as well ...
What are the long-term economic effects of a more equal distribution of wealth? We exploit variation in historical inheritance rules for land traversing political, linguistic, geological, and religious borders in Germany. In some German areas, inherited land was to be shared or divided equally among children, while in others land was ruled to be indivisible. Using a geographic regression discontinuity ...
Given how controversially inequality is still being discussed by both academics and policy makers in Germany, we discuss methodological issues related to the measurement of inequalities and review the literature and empirical estimates of different forms of inequality. One important issue is the choice of the measure of well-being: the central measures discussed are household equivalent disposable ...
Im zweiten Lockdown sinkt Ungleichheit der Haushaltsnettoeinkommen – Grund sind vor allem schrumpfende Einkünfte der Selbstständigen – Mittelfristig bleibt Ungleichheit aber auf stabilem Niveau, da Einkommen in der Breite steigen – Steigende Insolvenzzahlen könnten dies ändern – Anteil der von essentiellem Mangel Betroffenen hat sich zwischen 2008 und ...