3. Niedersächsischer Workshop in “APPLIED ECONOMICS” für Nachwuchswissenschaftler aus Niedersachsen 2014
Iris Burmester (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Description
Labour Net Income Polarization of Self-Employed and Employees in the EU 27
Vital importance of polarization
– Perception of social equality on the individual level
– Configuration of social policy on the macro level
– Economic growth
• Polarization: increased spreading and bipolarity
• Research in poverty and richness such as debates about
low-income consider only one pole
• Some polarization studies on the household level
– Bigot et al. (2012), Goebel et al. (2010), Grabka/Frick (2008)
• Rarely polarization studies on the individual level
– Merz (2006): net income from tax statistics for Germany
– Burmester/Scherg (2013): employees in EU27