Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-141

  Peichl, Andreas ^a   Pestel, Nico ^a   Schneider, Hilmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Demography; Household size; Inequality; Poverty; Richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856537170     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2011.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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