Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283137 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsreihe No. 344
Publisher: 
Universität Augsburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Augsburg
Abstract: 
This paper studies the age-group-specific evolution of inequality of total income among highly and less educated females and males at ages 26-80 from 2005 to 2018. On the one hand, it presents time series of Gini coefficients and associated decompositions by different income components. On the other hand, it investigates the extent to which changes in Gini coefficients were associated with a redistribution of total income between the bottom 40 percent, the middle class, and the top 10 percent. The results indicate that increases in inequality particularly burdened the youngest age groups in the bottom 40 percent. However, older age groups, especially elderly individuals, from the middle class also contributed to the increasing income shares of the top 10 percent.
Subjects: 
Inequality
Total Income
Age Groups
Gini Coefficient
Income Shares
JEL: 
D63
P10
J11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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