Die Globalisierung verändert dieMarktmacht der unterschiedlichengesellschaftlichen Gruppen. AberGesellschaft und Politik haben trotzdemerhebliche Gestaltungsspielräume.Vor allem in Deutschland wurden sieso genutzt, dass sich die Einkommensverteilungdramatisch verschlechtert hat.Dazu gibt es...

This paper investigates distributive justice using a fourfold experimental design:The ignorance and the risk scenarios are combined with the self-concernand the umpire modes. We study behavioral switches between self-concernand umpire mode and investigate the goodness of ten standards of...

Bei der vorliegenden Studie handelt es sich umdie modellgestützte Simulierung verschiedenerwirtschaftspolitischer Szenarien für Deutschland,die ein Team von Klaus Bartsch Econometrics imAuftrag der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung durchgeführthat. Es bildet eines der zentralen Forschungsprojekteim...

Using the RLMS, this paper re-examines the nature of the gender wage gap in Russia between1994 and 1998 taking into account the pervasiveness of Russia’s non-payment institutions. Investigatingdiscrimination ‘bands’ at different sections of the income distribution and for various important...

This paper develops a new open-economy endogenous growth modelwhere technology diffusion allows for a stable and non-degenerate world incomedistribution. In accordance with the empirical literature, I find that country characteristicssuch as the social infrastructure, the degree of openness, the...

A switch from a Bismarckian (BIS) earnings-related to a Beveridgean (BEV) flat ratepay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension scheme will raise the variance of personal replacementratios and, hence, the variance of individual interest-saving elasticities. A monopolisticfinancial sector can then make greater...

We develop and analyse a simple general equilibrium model withcapital market imperfections We find that the impact of monetarypolicy on real economic activity depends on the initial distributionof wealth in the economy. Changes in the opportunity cost of fundsaffect not only the choice of...

We develop a simple labour turnover model of general training. Upon completion of theirtraining, apprentices are equipped with general skills and they accumulate firm-specificskills by continuing working for their training firm. Job turnover is associated with a loss ofaccumulated firm-specific...