Incomes and inequality in the long run: The case of German elderly

German Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 487-510

  Bönke, Timm ^a   Schröder, Carsten ^b   Schulte, Katharina ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Chair of Public Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Bootstrap; Decomposition; German Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure; Inequality; Pension; Reform; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

AGING; BOOTSTRAPPING; ELDERLY POPULATION; EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PENSION SYSTEM;

GERMANY;

EID: 77957150708     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2009.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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