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Redistributive Impacts of Government and Private Household Activities. Trends in Equivalized Household Net Incomes and Intra-household Earnings in Germany, 1985-2005

The paper examines the development of incomes in Germany at different welfare levels, together with current trends in poverty. The analyses are based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, which provides detailed annual information on incomes starting in the mid-1980s. Results show that increased inequality is mainly in pre-governmental income and thus not primarily the result of diminishing redistribution measures by the government. The results also indicate that the increasing labor market inequality is further intensified by decreasing redistributive activities of private households. Intra-household earnings analyses reveal that despite rising female labor market participation, intra-household inequality has remained remarkably stable. Earnings profiles between male and female household heads are now much more multifaceted than before, which might be regarded as a dynamic intra-household strategy of protection against growing market risks.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Intervention. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies ; ISSN: 2195-3376 ; Volume: 05 ; Year: 2008 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 129-153

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
General Welfare; Well-Being
Thema
income distribution
poverty
inequality
redistribution by government and households
intra-household earnings ratios

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Krause, Peter
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Metropolis-Verlag
(wo)
Marburg
(wann)
2008

DOI
doi:10.4337/ejeep.2008.01.10
Handle
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Krause, Peter
  • Metropolis-Verlag

Entstanden

  • 2008

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