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The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labour 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 analyse how circumstances beyond the sphere of individual control relate to inequality in East and West Germany. Our results ...
In:
Bulletin of Economic Research
69 (2017), 4, 421-427
| Andreas Peichl, Martin Ungerer
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Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2007,
(IZA DP No. 2688)
| Fei Peng, W. Stanley Siebert
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In:
Empirical Economics
27 (2002), 1, 63-90
| Franco Peracchi
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Differdange:
CEPS/INSTEAD,
2003,
(CHER Discussion Paper No. 11)
| Franco Peracchi, Francesca Tuzi
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Extensive research has found that marriage provides health benefits to individuals, particularly in the U.S. The rise of cohabitation, however, raises questions about whether simply being in an intimate co-residential partnership conveys the same health benefits as marriage. Here, we use OLS regression to compare differences between partnered and unpartnered, and cohabiting and married individuals ...
In:
Population Research and Policy Review
37 (2018), 5, 703-728
| Brienna Perelli-Harris, Stefanie Hoherz, Fenaba Addo, Trude Lappegard, Ann Evans, Sharon Sassler, Marta Styrc
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In:
Labour Economics (European association of Labour Economists 16th Annual Conference, Lisboa, September 9-11, 2004
12 (2005), 4, 531-555
| José Ignacio García Pérez, Yolanda Rebollo Sanz
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Economic inequality has increased considerably in many Western countries and has recently received increasing attention. The gap between rich and poor is now one of the main issues on the policy agendas and is potentially harmful for public welfare when it exceeds a certain threshold. That is why many policy makers are concerned with increasing levels of inequality. Economists should, therefore, provide ...
Düsseldorf:
Universität zu Köln, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät,
2012,
| Nico Pestel
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This paper examines to what extent non-random sorting of spouses affects earnings inequality while explicitly disentangling effects from increasing assortativeness in couple formation from changing patterns of couples’ labor supply behavior. Using German micro data, earnings distributions of observed and randomly matched couples are compared to each other. Earnings of hypothetical couples are adjusted ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2014,
(SOEPpapers 698)
| Nico Pestel
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This paper examines the effect of marital sorting on earnings inequality, taking into account extensive and intensive margin labour supply choices. Using German microdata, the observed distribution of couples’ earnings is compared to a counterfactual of random matches. In West Germany, marital sorting is found to be disequalizing only after adjusting for labour supply. This means that positive sorting ...
In:
Economica
84 (2017), 333, 104-127
| Nico Pestel
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This paper investigates the effect of shifting taxes from labor income to consumption on labor supply and the distribution of income in Germany. We simulate stepwise increases in the value-added tax (VAT) rate, which are compensated by revenue-neutral reductions in income-related taxes. We differentiate between the personal income tax (PIT) and social security contributions (SSC). Based on a dual data ...
In:
Review of Income and Wealth
63 (2017), 3, 542-563
| Nico Pestel, Eric Sommer