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| Title: | | Demografie und Ungleichheit: der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland  |
| Authors: | | Peichl, Andreas Pestel, Nico Schneider, Hilmar |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA discussion papers 4197 |
| Abstract: | | 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. |
| Subjects: | | Demography income inequality inequality decomposition household structure SOEP Germany |
| JEL: | | D31 D63 I30 J11 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090615125 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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