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How Progressive is Germany? Comparing the Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in Europe
Peichl, Andreas - 2008
, we analyse the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax benefit systems in the EUR-15 countries. We show that … the German system as a whole employs only a medium level of redistribution. However, this can be decomposed into a highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724616
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How Progressive is Germany? Comparing the Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in Europe (Wie progressiv ist Deutschland? Das Steuer - und Transfersystem im europäischen V...
Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - 2008
the ongoing policy debate in Germany. In this paper, we compare the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax … tax benefit systems in a common framework. We compute several measures of progressivity and redistribution for the whole … the countries according to their progressivity and level of redistribution. Our analysis shows that there is considerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218385
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Inequality trends in the context of changes in labor market outcomes, composition and redistribution in Germany
Blömer, Maximilian; Herold, Elena; Lay, Max; Peichl, … - In: econPol Forum : a bi-monthly journal on European … 25 (2024) 2, pp. 47-52
We examine how inequality evolved in Germany during the 1983-2020 period. Labor market participation of women increased significantly, while average weekly working hours of women changed little. Gender differences in earnings are still pervasive and more pronounced for individuals with children....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014507753
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Bounds of unfair inequality of opportunity : theory and evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
true amount of IOp might lead to too little redistribution. This paper is the first to suggest an upper bound estimator. We … ; family background ; redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535094
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Multidimensional affluence : theory and applications to Germany and the US
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - In: Applied economics 45 (2013) 31/33, pp. 4591-4601
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225018
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Bounds of Unfair Inequality of Opportunity : Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith - 2012
true amount of IOp might lead to too little redistribution. This paper is the first to suggest an upper bound estimator. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106535
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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality : theory and evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269249
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Richer or more numerous or both? : the role of population and economic growth for top income shares
Krolage, Carla; Peichl, Andreas; Waldenström, Daniel - 2018
When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is important. This paper presents three alternative measures of top income shares that more explicitly account for population and income growth than the standard measure. We apply these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011939792
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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 - 2010
In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825070
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Distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks in real-time : a novel method applied to the Covid-19 crisis in Germany
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Peichl, Andreas; Popp, Martin; … - 2020
The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012383744