Do high incomes reflect individual performance? the determinants of high incomes in Germany
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Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, 2003. (Diskussionspapier; No. 42).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Do high incomes reflect individual performance?
T2 - the determinants of high incomes in Germany
AU - Hirschel, Dierk
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - In neoclassical economic theory the level of individual income is predominantly determined by individual job performance. Thus high incomes reflect the high marginal productivity of labour of the affluent working population. While the scientific research of poverty has a long tradition, nearly nothing is known about the rich. This study tries to diminish this research gap by investigating the structure of high labour incomes in Germany. By revealing the determinants of high incomes by descriptive and paneleconometric analyses mit Daten des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels, we want to answer the question if high incomes are especially the result of individual job performance or rather the result of social selection through social background or sexual discrimination.
AB - In neoclassical economic theory the level of individual income is predominantly determined by individual job performance. Thus high incomes reflect the high marginal productivity of labour of the affluent working population. While the scientific research of poverty has a long tradition, nearly nothing is known about the rich. This study tries to diminish this research gap by investigating the structure of high labour incomes in Germany. By revealing the determinants of high incomes by descriptive and paneleconometric analyses mit Daten des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels, we want to answer the question if high incomes are especially the result of individual job performance or rather the result of social selection through social background or sexual discrimination.
KW - Economics
KW - High incomes
KW - social background
KW - discrimination
KW - human capital
KW - job performance
KW - GSOEP
KW - theory of justice
KW - Hohe Einkommen
KW - Soziale Herkunft
KW - Diskriminierung
KW - Humankapital
KW - Leistung
KW - Sozio-ökonomisches Panel
KW - Theorie der Gerechtigkeit
KW - Gender and Diversity
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Diskussionspapier
BT - Do high incomes reflect individual performance?
PB - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe
ER -