Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/231649 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung No. 94
Publisher: 
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München, München
Abstract: 
Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays investigating the causes and consequences of regional di erences in the distribution of income and wages using county-level data from Germany. Chapter 2 analyzes the impact of the so-called Hartz reforms on income inequality in German regions. Chapter 3 investigates the long-term effect of university openings on the wage distribution in the surrounding area. Chapters 4 and 5 turn to the political consequences of regional income dispersion and examine the effect of relative economic deprivation on the support for radical right- and left-wing parties as well as on local fiscal policy. The chapters employ difference-in-differences, event study, and instrumental variable estimations to answer the respective research questions.
Subjects: 
Labor market policy
income inequality
wages
Germany
Hartz reforms
universities
knowledge spillovers
local labor markets
economic deprivation
political polarization
radical voting
poverty
taxation
fiscal policy
public services
difference-in-differences
event study
instrumental variables
JEL: 
D31
D73
H41
H71
H72
I23
I25
I32
J08
J31
J68
R23
R58
ISBN: 
978-3-95942-093-8
Document Type: 
Research Report

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