Publikationen der Forschungsgruppe Ungleichheit und Verteilungspolitik

  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-054 // 2023

    Eating Habits, Food Consumption, and Health: The Role of Early Life Experiences

    This study explores the long-run effects of a temporary scarcity of a consumption good on preferences towards that good once the shock is over. Specifically, we focus on individuals who were children during…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-052 // 2023

    Anti-corruption Campaign in China: An Empirical Investigation

    Using official information published by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the CPC, we construct a database of officials who have been found guilty of corruption in China in the period…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 23-048 // 2023

    The Long-Term Earnings’ Effects of a Credit Market Disruption

    This paper studies the long-term consequences on firms and workers of the credit crunch triggered by the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. Relying on a unique matched bank-employer-employee administrative…