全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP6251 From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP6251
	DP6251 From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001
	Viktor Steiner; Giacomo Corneo; Stefan Bach
发表日期	2007-04-16
出版年	2007
语种	英语
摘要	We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of an integrated data set of individual tax returns and the German Socio-Economic Panel. The unique feature of this integrated data set is that it encompasses the whole spectrum of the population, from the very poor to the very rich. We find a modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a substantial drop of median income and a remarkable income growth at the top 0.1% of the income distribution. The increase of income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process strongly benefited the economic elite, which we define as the richest 0.001% persons in the population. While the elite mainly obtains its income from business and capital, the income share that it receives in form of wage income is increasing.
主题	Public Economics
关键词	Income distribution Inequality
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp6251
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535070
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Viktor Steiner,Giacomo Corneo,Stefan Bach. DP6251 From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001. 2007.