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Long-Run Changes in the Concentration of Wealth: An Overview of Recent Findings

Ohlsson, Henry; Roine, Jesper; Waldenstrom, Daniel - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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The Income Distribution in the UK: A Picture of Advantage and Disadvantage

Jenkins, Stephen P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This chapter describes the UK income distribution and how it has evolved over the last 50 years. It also includes some comparisons with the income distributions of other rich countries. Multiple perspectives on the distribution are provided: there is evidence about real income levels and...

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The Objective Measurement of World-Leading Research

Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

How should the productivity of research universities be measured? This task is difficult but important. The recent Research Excellence Framework in the UK, which was based on peer review, suggests that there has been a marked improvement in UK academic research in economics and in many other...

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Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Countries often spend billions on university research. There is growing interest in how to assess whether that money is well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics....

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Low Pay as an Alternative to Public Direct Job Creation? Lessons from the German Case

Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This contribution draws some conclusions from the experience of attempts by the German government at integrating the most vulnerable groups into the labor market, in particular the long-term unemployed and the low skilled. There has been a sort of paradigm shift that goes beyond active labor...

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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly …

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Dann waren’s nur noch vier...Wie viele (und welche) Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik brauchen wir noch? Eine Bilanz nach der Evaluation der Hartz-Reformen

Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

policies in Germany were overhauled considerably. The paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusion … for the future setup of active labor market policies in Germany. It argues in favor of a streamlined repertoire of active …

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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better Off?

Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …

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