Wealth Inequality Among Families in a Changing Demographic Landscape: Evidence From Germany, 1988–2017
Demographic change plays an important role in shaping wealth inequality in Germany. Aggregate measures of inequality can hide offsetting effects of demographic change. These offsetting effects are especially pronounced for households with children.
Authors
- Maximilian Longmuir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3602-2175)
- Philipp M. Lersch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3863-8301)
- Lisa Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5522-6405)
Institutions
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- German Institute for Economic Research (DE)
- City University of New York (US)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Demography
- Published
- 2026-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-12877885
- Primary Topic
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00