compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in income-related taxes. Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of labor … on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …

Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood … as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing … paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in …

This paper describes IZAΨMOD, the policy microsimulation model of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). The model … most other microsimulation tools. A demand module takes into account possible restrictions of labor demand and identifies …

This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly … inequality has been underestimated in previous approaches. Predicting hours worked for hypothetical couples reveals a strong … disequalizing impact of nonrandom sorting on inequality which is stable since the 1980s. Taking labor supply choices as given would …

level would be noticeably lower than it actually is. -- Demography ; income inequality ; inequality decomposition …In Germany, two observations can be tracked over the past 15 to 20 years: First, income inequality has constantly … change in income inequality. It appears that inequality would also have increased without this demographic trend. But its …

in income distribution. In order to do so, we are using a decomposition of changes in inequality measures over time …In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly … distribution ; demography ; household size ; decomposition ; Germany …

affluence, income is more important in the US. -- top incomes ; multidimensional measurement ; richness ; wealth ; inequality …