Arbeitspapier

Demografie und Ungleichheit: der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland

In Germany, two observations can be tracked over the past 15 to 20 years: First, income inequality has constantly increased while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes, which take into account household size. Therefore, there is an obvious link between these two developments. The aim of the paper is to quantify how the trend towards smaller households has influenced the change in income inequality. It appears that inequality would also have increased without this demographic trend. But its level would be noticeably lower than it actually is.

Sprache
Deutsch

Erschienen in
Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 205

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
Thema
Demography
income inequality
inequality decomposition
household structure
SOEP
Germany

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Peichl, Andreas
Pestel, Nico
Schneider, Hilmar
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2009

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Peichl, Andreas
  • Pestel, Nico
  • Schneider, Hilmar
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Entstanden

  • 2009

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