Publikationen der Forschungsgruppe Ungleichheit und Verteilungspolitik

Based on a detailed model of the German tax-benefit system, this paper simulates private and fiscal returns to education for college graduates and college dropouts. Completing a five-year college degree is found…

• Emerging Economies Catch up to Developed Countries in Terms of Competitiveness
• Equity as Profitable Old-Age Investment
• Gender Norms Influence Salary Information of Men and Women in Surveys
• European…

• Schwellenländer holen zu Industrienationen auf und steigern ihre Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
• Führungsmitglieder der EIB verleihen bevorzugt Geld an eigene Herkunftsregion
• Schulen nutzen Versetzungsspielräume, um…

We show that the discontinuity in the distribution of surveyed female income shares at the margin where a woman would outearn her partner is primarily driven by norm induced misreporting in surveys. We draw on…

We study preferences for tax simplification using new survey and experimental data for a representative sample of the German population. General wisdom seems to suggest that most tax systems are overly complex…

• Aktien eignen sich als profitable Anlage für die kapitalgedeckte Altersvorsorge
• Stasi-Bespitzelung hat für Betroffene soziale und wirtschaftliche Nachteile
• Wo die europäische Rechtsprechung an ihre Grenzen…

We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold…