Small-scale Analyses of Urban Neighborhoods: Wage inequality is lower in East Germany than in West Germany

Abstract

"In using georeferenced data, we systematically describe and analyze small-scale wage inequalities within German cities. The small-scale wage inequality is systematically lower in East German cities and decreases more over time than in West German cities. Different employment patterns and the introduction of the minimum wage explain these two findings to a large extent." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Ostermann, K. & Wolf, K. (2023): Kleinräumige Analysen innerhalb deutscher Städte: Die Lohnungleichheit ist in ostdeutschen Nachbarschaften kleiner als in westdeutschen. (IAB-Kurzbericht 9/2023), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2309