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Behavioral effects of a federal minimum wage and income inequality in Germany : conference paper

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013

Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … receive less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage in Germany is that it will prevent in-work poverty … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a …

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Declining tax progression and the German dual income tax : conference paper

Jenderny, Katharina - 2013 - Preliminary version

This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...

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Dissatisfied with life or with being interviewed? : happiness and motivation to participate in a survey ; conference paper

Chadi, Adrian - 2014

Information on the number of interviewer contacts allows insights into how people's responses to questions on happiness are connected to the difficulty of reaching potential participants. Using the paradata of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), this paper continues such research by...

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Regional income inequality lowers life satisfaction : evidence from OECD countries ; conference paper

Kalenborn, Christine; Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: February 2014

This paper analyzes the e ffect of regional income inequality within countries on individual life satisfaction. We use … from 1981-2008. Regional income inequality is measured by the coeffi cient of variation of regional GDP per capita. We find … that higher regional income inequality leads to lower life satisfaction in OECD countries. In non-OECD countries, we find …

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Gender differences in German wage mobility : conference paper

Aretz, Bodo - 2013

This paper analyzes the evolution of wage inequality and wage mobility separately for men and women in West and East … wage inequality increased and wage mobility decreased for male and female workers in East and West Germany. Women faced a … higher level of wage inequality and a lower level of wage mobility than men in both parts of the country throughout the …

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Empirical welfare analysis with preference heterogeneity : conference paper

Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - 2013

We apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of preference heterogeneity, derived from structural labour supply models. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of...

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