How Unification and Immigration Affected the German Income Distribution

The German economy is not only affected by unification of Germany but by a significant influx of immigrants from abroad and huge migration from East to West Germany around the date of unification. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) allows one to disentangle those effects by decomposition of the Theil I(0)-Index of inequality. In addition, the paper offers insights into the transition from a socalist economy into a market oriented one.

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Year of publication:	1999-04
Authors:	Grabka, Markus M. ; Schwarze, Johannes ; Wagner, Gert G.
Published in:	EconStor Open Access Articles. - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft (ZBW). - 1999-04, p. 867-878
Publisher:	Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft (ZBW)
Subject:	Decomposable inequality measure \| Economics of transition \| Economic impact of immigration

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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