Publikationen der Forschungsgruppe Ungleichheit und Verteilungspolitik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-006 // 2024

    Wage Inequality Consequences of Expanding Public Childcare

    This paper assesses the impact of a large expansion of public childcare in Germany on wage inequality. Exploiting regional variation in childcare supply over the 1990s, I show that in regions with stronger…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-001 // 2024

    The Role of Friends in the Opioid Epidemic

    The role of friends in the US opioid epidemic is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), adults aged 25-34 and their high school best friends are focused on.…

  3. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2024

    Beautiful Inside and Out: Peer Characteristics and Academic Performance

    This paper explores the effect of own and peer attractiveness on various measures of academic performance. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we focus on high…

  4. Gutachten // 2023

    Zur Reform der Transferentzugsraten und Verbesserung der Erwerbsanreize

    Im Koalitionsvertrag wurde vereinbart, die Erwerbstätigenfreibeträge im Bürgergeld und weiteren Sozialleistungen zu reformieren, um höhere Erwerbsanreize für sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung zu…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-057 // 2023

    The Impact of Communist Party Membership on Wealth Distribution and Accumulation in Urban China

    This paper provides the first in-depth investigation into the evolution of the wealth gap between CCP and non-CCP households in urban China from 1995 to 2017. We apply unconditional quantile regression (UQR) to…