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Earnings Inequality – Does the Accounting Period Matter?

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  • Lena Mareike Detlefsen

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Under mild assumptions, Shorrocks (1978) has proved that measured inequality must decrease when the period over which income is measured, the accounting period, increases. The present work seeks to shed light on the quantitative size of this effect using a huge representative German database for the period 1975–2004. Our results indicate that the choice of the accounting period not only seriously affects the level of inequality. We can also show that the size of the effect varies over time.

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  • Lena Mareike Detlefsen, 2012. "Earnings Inequality – Does the Accounting Period Matter?," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 132(2), pages 297-321.
    • Handle: RePEc:aeq:aeqsjb:v132_y2012_i2_q2_p297-321
    DOI: 10.3790/schm.132.2.297
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    1. Schröder, Carsten, 2012. "The sensitivity of distributional measures to the reference period of income," Kiel Working Papers 1777, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    2. Schröder, Carsten & Golan, Yolanda & Yitzhaki, Shlomo, 2014. "Inequality and the time structure of earnings: Evidence from Germany," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 12(3), pages 349-409.

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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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