Essays on income inequality, poverty and mobility [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Timm Bönke

Essays on Income Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Wirtschaftswissenschaft des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin vorgelegt von Diplom-Volkswirt Timm Bönke aus Oldenburg Berlin, 2010 „Gedruckt mit Genehmigung des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin“ Dekan: Univ.-Professor Dr. Ronnie Schöb Erstgutachter: Univ.-Professor Dr. Dr. Giacomo Corneo Zweitgutachter: Univ.-Professor Dr. Viktor Steiner Tag der Disputation: 26.11.2010 2Acknowledgements I express my sincere gratitude to Giacomo Corneo for supervising my thesis, for providing numerous inspiring insights as well as for enabling my research by providing an excellent “laissez faire” environment at his chair. Furthermore, I am thankful to Viktor Steiner for agreeing to evaluate once more a thesis of mine. Of course, I would like to thank my dear colleague and co-author Carsten Schröder for our fruitful and excellent team work and countless discussions on and off the topic. Not to forget, I am obliged to Sebastian Eichfelder for his valuable suggestions and knowledge regarding any topic of German law and to all my current and past colleagues for their support.