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Income Biased inequality perceptions

Whereas US-Americans are not very concerned about their large income inequalities, Germans view considerably smaller differences much more critically. This is not surprising given that Europeans tend to be considerably more pessimistic about how equal their societies actually are.

  • Judith Niehues ·
  • Interactive Graphic ·
  • 21 July 2014
Themen:
Income Distribution ·
Income Mobility ·
Purchasing Power ·
Universal Basic Income
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Distributional Consequences of the Corona Pandemic - A Microsimulation Analysis
  • Martin Beznoska / Judith Niehues / Maximilian Stockhausen ·
  • IW-Report No. 65 ·
  • 10 December 2020

Stable through the crisis?: Distributional Consequences of the Corona Pandemic - A Microsimulation Analysis

The corona pandemic has had a decisive impact on the year 2020 and, at least in recent times, has had an unprecedented (negative) impact on society and the economy. At the core of this simulation study is therefore the question of how the corona pandemic has affected income levels and social inequality in Germany, and to what extent automatic stabilizers of the social security system and additional financial aid measures have been able to cushion distortions caused by the crisis.

A Combined Study of Income and Wealth
  • Mariano Calderón / Judith Niehues / Maximilian Stockhausen ·
  • IW-Trends No. 3 ·
  • 24 August 2020

How is Prosperity Distributed in Germany?

Distributional analyses often focus on either income or wealth. However, a comprehensive picture of the material well-being of a nation’s households can only be obtained by considering both variables together.

Stable conditions despite growing social challenges
  • Maximilian Stockhausen / Mariano Calderón ·
  • IW-Report No. 8 ·
  • 8 March 2020

IW Distribution Report 2020

How are income and wealth distributed in Germany? There is often no simple answer to this seemingly simple question, sometimes not even a clear one. Various social and structural changes have very different effects on the distribution of income and wealth: an ageing population, a tendency to live alone or an increasing share of the population with migration background along with economic changes amidst a deepening globalization and digitalization.

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