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Earnings Inequality – Does the Accounting Period Matter?

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Detlefsen, L. Earnings Inequality – Does the Accounting Period Matter?. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 132(2), 297-321. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.132.2.297
Detlefsen, Lena Mareike "Earnings Inequality – Does the Accounting Period Matter?" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 132.2, 2012, 297-321. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.132.2.297
Detlefsen, Lena Mareike (2012): Earnings Inequality – Does the Accounting Period Matter?, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 132, iss. 2, 297-321, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.132.2.297

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Earnings Inequality – Does the Accounting Period Matter?

Detlefsen, Lena Mareike

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 132 (2012), Iss. 2 : pp. 297–321

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Lena Mareike Detlefsen, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für VWL, Olshausenstraße 40, 24118 Kiel.

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Abstract

Under mild assumptions, Shorrocks (1978) has proved that measured inequality must decrease when the period over which income is measured, the accounting period, increases. The present work seeks to shed light on the quantitative size of this effect using a huge representative German database for the period 1975–2004. Our results indicate that the choice of the accounting period not only seriously affects the level of inequality. We can also show that the size of the effect varies over time.