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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany : empirical evidence from social security data
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
regions in Germany. The main purpose of the paper is to show how social transfer payments reduce these inter … not only between eastern and western Germany but also within western regions. Furthermore we estimate the income effects … of total net income ranges from 11 per cent to 41 per cent. Like other European states, Germany faces several problems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592409
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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany : empirical evidence from social security data
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
regions in Germany. The main purpose of the paper is to show how social transfer payments reduce these inter … not only between eastern and western Germany but also within western regions. Furthermore we estimate the income effects … of total net income ranges from 11 per cent to 41 per cent. Like other European states, Germany faces several problems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342793
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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany: Empirical evidence from social security data
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - 2009
hin: Der Anteil der Sozialleistungen am gesamten Nettoeinkommen streut regional zwischen 11% und 41%. Deutschland sieht …, dass Änderungen von Anspruchsvoraussetzungen und Finanzierung die regionale Einkommensverteilung beeinflussen. Aus diesem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267193
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Trade, integration and interregional inequality : conference paper
Hirte, Georg; Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: February 20, 2013
We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic geography approach where interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs and where we can derive an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491189
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Trade, integration, and interregional inequality
Hirte, Georg; Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: April 08, 2014
We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade (openness) on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic-geography approach in which interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs. In addition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354797
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How do regional price levels affect income inequality? : household-level evidence from 21 countries
Janský, Petr; Šedivý, Marek - 2018
Regional differences in prices levels are substantial in many countries, but little is known about how important they are for income inequality and relative poverty. To bridge this gap, we provide new evidence on the basis of the best available data and a novel two-step approach. First, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011928596
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How do regional price levels affect income inequality? : household-level evidence from 21 countries
Jansky, Petr; Sedivy, Marek - 2018
Regional differences in prices levels are substantial in many countries, but little is known about how important they are for income inequality and relative poverty. To bridge this gap, we provide new evidence on the basis of the best available data and a novel two-step approach. First, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906660
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The state and income inequality in Brazil
Souza, Marcelo Medeiros Coelho de; Souza, Pedro H. G. F. de - 2015
Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary income flows to and from the Brazilian State. The income flows from the State include public servants' earnings, Social Security pensions, unemployment benefits and Social Assistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056561
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Minimum income schemes in Europe : is there a trade-off with activation policies?
Iacono, Roberto - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 6 (2017) 1, pp. 1-15
This paper makes two contributions to the literature. First, by employing a macro-level institutional dataset on benefit levels for social assistance (SA) and minimum income protection (MIP) in 22 European countries in the period 1990–2013, I show that the adequacy of income support for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661411
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Regional industrial structure, productivity, wealth and income distribution in German regions
Margarian, Anne - 2013
effects. Therefore, a cross‐sectional estimation with observations on district level (NUTS 3) is carried out in a mediated … Einkommensverteilung in der Region. Abhängig von der unterschiedlichen Mobilität Beschäftigter verschiedener Bereiche steht die regionale …‐ökonomische Daten zur regionalen Produktivität, Einkommensverteilung und Bevölkerungsentwicklung. …
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