This paper estimates rates of return on wealth across gross wealth groups by matching individual-level survey data with macroeconomic return data for Germany. Using machine learning for more detailed financial asset categories, we find that the average nominal rate of return on gross assets for...

In this paper we explore the reasons for the trend reversal in the development of household market income inequality in Germany in the second half of the 2000s. We analyse to what extent the increasing relevance of capital income as well as the rising share of atypically employed persons have...

In this paper we explore the reasons for the trend reversal in the development of household market income inequality in Germany in the second half of the 2000s. We analyse to what extent the increasing relevance of capital income as well as the rising share of atypically employed persons have...

Der Report analysiert die Auswirkungen der globalen Wirtschaftskrise auf die Entwicklung der Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland anhand der Ungleichheitsbeiträge verschiedener Komponenten der Haushaltsmarkteinkommen. Zwei gängige Thesen werden dabei hinterfragt: Erstens sei Ende der 2000er...

This paper aims to understand the health effects of energy poverty in Germany using SOEP panel data from 2010 to 2020. Linear probability models and fixed effects ordered logit models reveal a consistently negative relationship of three expendituresbased energy poverty indicators with general...

Die Corona-Krise stellt sich aus makroökonomischer Sicht als tiefe globale Rezession dar. Ein Konjunkturpaket ist erforderlich, um eine schnelle Überwindung des Wirtschaftseinbruchs zu ermöglichen. Aus klimapolitischer Sicht besteht die Gefahr, dass erstens konjunkturelle Maßnahmen bislang...

This paper investigates the links between digitalization, market concentration, and labor productivity at the sectoral level in Germany. Combining data for digitalization and labor productivity from the EU KLEMS database with firm-level data from the CompNet and Orbis Bureau Van Dijk databases...