How Unification and Immigration Affected the German Income Distribution

Markus Grabka, Johannes Schwarze and Gert Wagner

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 1999, vol. 43, issue 4–6, 867-878

Abstract: The German economy is not only affected by unification of Germany but by a significant influx of immigrants from abroad and huge migration from East to West Germany around the date of unification. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) allows one to disentangle those effects by decomposition of the Theil I(0)-Index of inequality. In addition, the paper offers insights into the transition from a socalist economy into a market oriented one.

Keywords: Decomposable inequality measure; Economics of transition; Economic impact of immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J21 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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