Die vorliegende Studie nutzt die Methoden der modernen Arbeitsmarktforschung, um die gesamtwirtschaftlichen Effekte einer Anhebung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf 12 Euro zu evaluieren. Der erste Teil der Studie bietet eine Zusammenfassung der einschlägigen Literatur und eine Einordnung der...

In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim to identify the main drivers of this rise in income inequality since the early 1990s. We provide a broad overview of the circumstances under which inequality evolved, i.e. which...

Savings are, apart from inheritances and transfers, the corner stone for the accumulation of wealth. Against the background of rising economic inequality in industrialized countries and the ongoing assessment of its root causes, analyses of the distribution of savings along the income and wealth...