Socio-economic influences on income inequality: projections for Germany

Abstract: The discussion paper corresponds with the presentation of a poster at the 2012 annual conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) in Boston with the title “Measuring and Predicting Individual Well-Being on the Basis of a New Methodical Framework – The Case of Germany 1995-2009”. The paper deals with socio-economic influences upon the future German personal income distribution. On the basis of a new approach (so-called “decomposition approach”), the effects of income-structural and socio-demographic changes are analysed. Hereby, the decomposition approach is directly linked to analyses of social stratification. In this context, the usage of decomposable inequality indicators offers the possibility to perform shift-share analyses. In the paper such analyses are carried out in order to assess the relevance of demographic ageing concerning cross-sectional income inequality. The corresponding shift-share calculations are primarily used for predi

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 55 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Erstveröffentlichung ; nicht begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: FaMa-Diskussionspapier ; Bd. 4/2012

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Frankfurt am Main
• (when): 2012
• Creator: Faik, Jürgen
• Contributor: FaMa - Neue Frankfurter Sozialforschung

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-364581
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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