Coupled women typically have lower earnings than their male partners. This gender income gap within couples has declined over time, but we lack information about the drivers behind the decline. Here, we analyze the role of increased participation in …
This paper discusses the crucial but sometimes neglected differences between unconditional quantile regression (UQR) models and quantile treatment effects (QTE) models. We argue that there is a frequent mismatch between the aim of the quantile …
In recent decades, many affluent democracies moved from traditional welfare states to workfare systems. Meanwhile, income inequality developed differently across countries, even when they made apparently similar shifts from welfare to workfare. It is …
In recent decades, the inequality of household income has increased globally. A common trend is increased income inequality at the top of the distribution. The sources of this trend are a matter of debate. Increased demand for analytical and …
We discuss recent theoretical approaches toward mechanisms connecting occupations and social inequality
We introduce the main topics and debates of the special issue *Occupations and social inequality*.
We study the relation of occupational licensing and gender in Germany and its implication for gender-specific wage inequality.
I provide a visualization of changes in the distribution of women’s income contributions in Germany from 1973 to 2011.
Inequality of household incomes did not increase on aggregate since 2005 in Germany. We show that this is due to overlaying positive and negative trends.
We study the consequences of self-employment deregulation of German crafts on wages.