-economic analyses of SOEP data show that income has a clear influence on donation behavior. Although the richest ten percent of … households contribute 37 percent of total donations, they donate less than the poorer income groups relative to their disposable … income. Despite this, the tax benefit from charitable giving is greater for richer households than for poorer because it is …

immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period …. Since 2013, all income groups have been benefiting from this increase and in 2015, the lowest income decile began benefiting … as well. Disposable income inequality and the low-income rate are stagnating, but the trends differ depending on …

Between 1991 and 2015, the real disposable, needs-adjusted income of persons in private households in Germany rose by … 15 percent on average. The majority of the population has benefited from the growth in real income, but the groups at the … lower end of the income distribution have not. Inequality in both market and disposable needs-adjusted household income has …

inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration …

This paper explores the association between income and stated views on minimum living standards; that is, views on … representative survey, we find the rich are less empathetic. In our baseline model, people at the bottom of the income distribution … report 10% more items as essential than do people at the top of the income distribution. The negative relationship between …

, charitable giving. Standard theories predict that greater inequality increases giving, though income tax return data suggest the …-world charity. By randomizing the income distribution, we identify the effect of inequality on giving behavior. Consistent with our …, prosocial behaviors to mitigate income and wealth inequality are likely to fail …

From 1917 to 2012, donations by high-income households in the USA have moved inversely with income inequality. This … association contradicts historical narratives and prevailing theory, both of which that imply that high-income households donate … rising income shares when inequality increases. The negative correlation holds both unconditionally and after conditioning on …

, philanthropic preferences may increase the effectiveness of policies to redistribute income, instead of weakening them. Consequently …

marital choices may be undergoing change. We expand the traditional dimension of assortative mating through labor income only …, covering both labor income and inheritance. This paper studies the concentration and substitutability of these two traits in … outcomes seen in France. By assuming a sequential revelation of inheritance and labor income in marital sorting, we develop a …

Despite our founding vision as a land of opportunity, the United States ranks at or near the bottom among high-income … countries in economic equality and inter-generational mobility. Our tax code plays a key role. Inherited income is taxed at less … than one-seventh the average tax rate on income from work and savings. This chapter proposes a major step toward leveling …