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Inequality of income acquisition : the role of childhood circumstances

Hufe, Paul; Peichl, Andreas; Roemer, John E.; Ungerer, … - 2015

Many studies have estimated the effect of circumstances on income acquisition. Perhaps surprisingly, the fraction of … accomplishments, other environmental circumstances, and the income as an adult, we compute that the fraction of income inequality due …

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Equality of opportunity : East vs. West Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990.Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...

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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality : theory and evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011

and upper bound estimates - both for gross and net earnings based either on periodical or permanent income - for both …

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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality : theory and evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011

and upper bound estimates - both for gross and net earnings based either on periodical or permanent income - for both …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269249

Inequality of Opportunity in China's Labor Earnings : The Gender Dimension

Golley, Jane; Zhou, Yixiao; Wang, Meiyan - 2019

This paper investigates the inequality of opportunity in China's labor earnings, defined as the component of inequality determined by personal circumstances that lie beyond the control of an individual, of which gender is one, as opposed to the component determined by personal efforts. Using the...

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Essays on equality of opportunity

Hufe, Paul - 2021

Equality of opportunity is a principle of justice that is built on two fundamental ideas. On the one hand, outcome differences across individuals are unacceptable if they are rooted in factors that are beyond individual control. Examples of such circumstance characteristics are the biological...

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Earnings dynamics and labor market reforms : the Italian case

Hoffmann, Eran B.; Malacrino, Davide; Pistaferri, Luigi - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1637-1667

This paper summarizes statistics on the key aspects of the distribution of earnings levels and earnings changes using administrative (social security) data from Italy between 1985 and 2016. During the time covered by our data, earnings inequality and earnings volatility increased, while earnings...

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Inequality of earnings in Germany generally accepted but low incomes considered unfair

Adriaans, Jule; Liebig, Stefan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 37, pp. 347-352

Earnings differences are a recurring topic of public discussion in Germany. Data from the long-term Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study as well as a separate survey of German employees (LINOS) show that earnings inequalities are generally perceived as fair while a substantial share of the...

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Perceived income positions and attitudes towards EU inequality : a cross-country survey experiment

Bublitz, Elisabeth; Wang, Hequn; Jäger, Julian; Beblo, … - 2022

We examine the relationship between perceived income positions and attitudes towards inequality at a supranational … their own income position in the EU. Once we account for these misperceptions, we find that those with a lower income rank … assess EU income differences as more unjust and are more supportive of an EU minimum wage. When we inform a randomized …

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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011

and upper bound estimates - both for gross and net earnings based either on periodical or permanent income - for both …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601037