Mehr Ungleichheit durch kleinere Haushalte? Der Zusammenhang zwischen Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur und der Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland (Changes in household structure and income distribution in Germany)

Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Hilmar Schneider
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Hilmar Schneider: DIW ; IZA

Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research, 2011, vol. 43, issue 4, 327-338

Abstract: "Income inequality in Germany has been increasing continuously during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends like a decline in birth rate and an increase in the risk of divorce affect per capita incomes, which has repercussions for the income distribution even if wages remain constant. The aim of this paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in inequality was indeed more due to demographic trends rather than changes in wages. Moreover, a large part of this increase is compensated by the welfare state." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Auswirkungen; demografischer Wandel; Einkommenseffekte; Einkommensverteilung; Entwicklung; Familieneinkommen; Familiengröße; Familienstruktur; Geburtenrückgang; Haushaltseinkommen; Kinderzahl; private Haushalte; soziale Ungleichheit; sozialer Wandel; 1991-2007 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 I30 J11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-03-02
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