Research
Working papers
Wealth and its distribution in Germany, 1895-2018
with Thilo Albers and Moritz Schularick
CEPR Working Paper No. 17269 CESifo Working Paper No. 9739 Data Appendix
Revise&Resubmit Journal of the European Economic Association
"Die Neuvermessung des Vermögens" in Handelsblatt, "Der Reichtum der Deutschen" in FAZ, "Vermögensverteilung: Der unverhofft große Reichtum" in Capital
DIA (Deutsches Institut für Altersvorsorge)-Podcast "Folge 33: Vermögen neu vermessen"
Earlier version: ECONtribute Policy Brief
Wealth creators or inheritors? Unpacking the gender wealth gap from bottom to top and young to old
with Eva Sierminska and Carsten Schröder
SSRN Working Paper (submitted)
Distributional National Accounts (DINA) for Germany, 1992-2016
with Stefan Bach and Theresa Neef
SSRN Working Paper
First results in the NBER conference volume: Chetty, R., Friedman, J. N., Gornick, J.C., Johnson, B. and A. Kennickell (eds.): Measuring distribution and mobility of income and wealth, 2021, University of Chicago Press.
Work in progress
Inheritance taxes and family firms in Germany
with Theresa Bührle, Kerstin Holzheu and Gedeao Locks
Born in the land of milk and honey: hometown growth and individual wealth
with Johannes König and Carsten Schröder
Do business tax rates affect real investment? Evidence from the local business tax in Germany
with Sebastian Eichfelder, Jonas Knaisch and Carla Pöschel
When capitalism takes over socialism: the lasting economic divide between East and West Germany
with Theresa Neef
Inequality and voting
with Thomas Rieger