Regional Income Stratification in Unified Germany using a Gini Decomposition Approach

Goebel, Jan; Frick, Joachim R.

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@article{ Goebel2008,
 title = {Regional Income Stratification in Unified Germany using a Gini Decomposition Approach},
 author = {Goebel, Jan and Frick, Joachim R.},
 journal = {Regional Studies},
 number = {4},
 pages = {555-577},
 volume = {42},
 year = {2008},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701543181},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-133302},
 abstract = {This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the obligatory between- and within-group components as well as an overlapping index for the different sup-populations. We find that East Germany is still a stratum on its own when using post-government income, but since 2001 no longer is when using pre-government income. These results remain stable when using alternatively defined regional classifications. However, there are also indications of some regional variation within West Germany.},
 keywords = {SOEP; SOEP}}