Inequality of earnings and housing costs – developments between and within regions
Abstract Household well-being is strongly influenced by changes in income – but real income is strongly determined by housing costs. The evolution of inequalities in both variables largely determines the development of living conditions between households. In this paper, we look at inequality trends...
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| description | Abstract Household well-being is strongly influenced by changes in income – but real income is strongly determined by housing costs. The evolution of inequalities in both variables largely determines the development of living conditions between households. In this paper, we look at inequality trends between 2008 and 2017 from a regional perspective – between and within regions. While neighborhood earnings inequality has generally declined slightly, it is rising within Germany’s largest cities. On the other hand, inequality in rents has less declined within those cities than in the rest of Germany, corresponding to price increases in poorer neighborhoods, too. Households in these poor neighborhoods thus suffer from a below-average earnings development, while it seems that the main costs caused by new rentals increase similar to the rest of the city. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c36846316a60496cb4f53169b3bff0e52025-01-26T12:19:30ZengSpringerOpenJournal for Labour Market Research2510-50272025-01-0159111410.1186/s12651-024-00390-xInequality of earnings and housing costs – developments between and within regionsPhilipp Breidenbach0Sandra Schaffner1RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic ResearchRWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic ResearchAbstract Household well-being is strongly influenced by changes in income – but real income is strongly determined by housing costs. The evolution of inequalities in both variables largely determines the development of living conditions between households. In this paper, we look at inequality trends between 2008 and 2017 from a regional perspective – between and within regions. While neighborhood earnings inequality has generally declined slightly, it is rising within Germany’s largest cities. On the other hand, inequality in rents has less declined within those cities than in the rest of Germany, corresponding to price increases in poorer neighborhoods, too. Households in these poor neighborhoods thus suffer from a below-average earnings development, while it seems that the main costs caused by new rentals increase similar to the rest of the city.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-024-00390-xRegional disparitiesInequality of earnings and housing costs |
| spellingShingle | Philipp Breidenbach Sandra Schaffner Inequality of earnings and housing costs – developments between and within regions Journal for Labour Market Research Regional disparities Inequality of earnings and housing costs |
| title | Inequality of earnings and housing costs – developments between and within regions |
| title_full | Inequality of earnings and housing costs – developments between and within regions |
| title_fullStr | Inequality of earnings and housing costs – developments between and within regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inequality of earnings and housing costs – developments between and within regions |
| title_short | Inequality of earnings and housing costs – developments between and within regions |
| title_sort | inequality of earnings and housing costs developments between and within regions |
| topic | Regional disparities Inequality of earnings and housing costs |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-024-00390-x |
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