Charlotte Bartels
@charlottebartels.bsky.social
Professor for public economics @unileipzig.bsky.social | previously @diw.de | Measurement, causes and consequences of income and wealth inequality
Out in the European Economic Review after many years of datawork with @sbachtax.bsky.social and Theresa Neef: The distribution of national income in Germany, 1992-2019. We document 1) high income concentration at the top in Germany - similar to the US
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Out in the European Economic Review after many years of datawork with @sbachtax.bsky.social and Theresa Neef: The distribution of national income in Germany, 1992-2019. We document 1) high income concentration at the top in Germany - similar to the US
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Finally out in print: Testing Marx, with @charlottebartels.bsky.social and Niko Wolf! History of thought with numbers. Have a look: direct.mit.edu/rest/article... (open access)
Testing Marx: Capital Accumulation, Income Inequality, and Socialism in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany
Abstract. We study the dynamics of capital accumulation, income inequality, capital concentration, and voting up to 1914. Based on new panel data for Prussian regions, we reevaluate the famous revisio...
direct.mit.edu
July 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Finally out in print: Testing Marx, with @charlottebartels.bsky.social and Niko Wolf! History of thought with numbers. Have a look: direct.mit.edu/rest/article... (open access)
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Grundsicherung, aber wie?
Ein neues Experiment belebt den Traum vom bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. Doch es führt in die Irre, stattdessen braucht Deutschland endlich eine bedarfsorientierte Grundsicherung, die Arbeit nicht bestraft. Eine Anleitung zur Reparatur
zeitung.faz.net/faz/wirtscha...
Ein neues Experiment belebt den Traum vom bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. Doch es führt in die Irre, stattdessen braucht Deutschland endlich eine bedarfsorientierte Grundsicherung, die Arbeit nicht bestraft. Eine Anleitung zur Reparatur
zeitung.faz.net/faz/wirtscha...
Grundsicherung, aber wie?
zeitung.faz.net
April 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Grundsicherung, aber wie?
Ein neues Experiment belebt den Traum vom bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. Doch es führt in die Irre, stattdessen braucht Deutschland endlich eine bedarfsorientierte Grundsicherung, die Arbeit nicht bestraft. Eine Anleitung zur Reparatur
zeitung.faz.net/faz/wirtscha...
Ein neues Experiment belebt den Traum vom bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. Doch es führt in die Irre, stattdessen braucht Deutschland endlich eine bedarfsorientierte Grundsicherung, die Arbeit nicht bestraft. Eine Anleitung zur Reparatur
zeitung.faz.net/faz/wirtscha...
👇🏼 One week left to apply (Feb 28). Looking forward to your applications!
Apply for a 3-year PhD position (75%) in our DFG project on the triangle of German Democratic Capitalism w/ @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @trgn.bsky.social What is the interplay between the German growth model, housing & voting behavior? How did industrial change affect inequality?
February 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
👇🏼 One week left to apply (Feb 28). Looking forward to your applications!
Apply for a 3-year PhD position (75%) in our DFG project on the triangle of German Democratic Capitalism w/ @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @trgn.bsky.social What is the interplay between the German growth model, housing & voting behavior? How did industrial change affect inequality?
February 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Apply for a 3-year PhD position (75%) in our DFG project on the triangle of German Democratic Capitalism w/ @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @trgn.bsky.social What is the interplay between the German growth model, housing & voting behavior? How did industrial change affect inequality?
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🗓️Wie hängen Ungleichheit, Wirtschaftswachstum und Chancengleichheit zusammen? Bei unserem nächsten virtuellen #ReStart Talk spricht @charlottebartels.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social über die Vermögensungleichheit in Deutschland. Jetzt anmelden 👉: econtribute.de/de/event/res... . #EconSky
February 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🗓️Wie hängen Ungleichheit, Wirtschaftswachstum und Chancengleichheit zusammen? Bei unserem nächsten virtuellen #ReStart Talk spricht @charlottebartels.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social über die Vermögensungleichheit in Deutschland. Jetzt anmelden 👉: econtribute.de/de/event/res... . #EconSky
Fantastic opportunity for Berlin area political econ researchers to present and connect 👇🏼
📢 #CallForPapers
@bseberlin.bsky.social Political Economy Workshop aimed at connecting researchers working on related topics in the Berlin area
🗓️ April 11
📍 @diw.de
Submit by Feb 15
For any questions, reach out to Max Deter, @felixkersting.bsky.social, @mlubczyk.bsky.social, or me 👋
@bseberlin.bsky.social Political Economy Workshop aimed at connecting researchers working on related topics in the Berlin area
🗓️ April 11
📍 @diw.de
Submit by Feb 15
For any questions, reach out to Max Deter, @felixkersting.bsky.social, @mlubczyk.bsky.social, or me 👋
February 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fantastic opportunity for Berlin area political econ researchers to present and connect 👇🏼
Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28
February 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28
No Modigliani lifecycle for women! We find that the gender wealth gap widens after age 40, and declines for those past retirement age. Check out our new paper in Econ Letters: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
December 5, 2024 at 2:58 PM
No Modigliani lifecycle for women! We find that the gender wealth gap widens after age 40, and declines for those past retirement age. Check out our new paper in Econ Letters: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
👇🏼 includes an article on measuring historical inequality in Germany by @thiloalbers.bsky.social @felixschaff.bsky.social and me
If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb):
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
December 2, 2024 at 9:37 AM
👇🏼 includes an article on measuring historical inequality in Germany by @thiloalbers.bsky.social @felixschaff.bsky.social and me
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In our @dfgpublic.bsky.social project w/ @trgn.bsky.social & @charlottebartels.bsky.social, we propose to study the political economy of German Democratic Capitalism w/ long-run county panel data and look for a 3-year PhD student, 75% @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, start Feb25. Apply now! 👇
November 11, 2024 at 4:04 PM
In our @dfgpublic.bsky.social project w/ @trgn.bsky.social & @charlottebartels.bsky.social, we propose to study the political economy of German Democratic Capitalism w/ long-run county panel data and look for a 3-year PhD student, 75% @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, start Feb25. Apply now! 👇
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Please join us (in person or virtually) for the opening of the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI).
Friday, Oct 11, 5pm German time / 11am Eastern US time.
Panelists: Thomas Piketty, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @charlottebartels.bsky.social
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Friday, Oct 11, 5pm German time / 11am Eastern US time.
Panelists: Thomas Piketty, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @charlottebartels.bsky.social
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Measuring inequality
“We will be relevant”: Sociologist Fabian Pfeffer about the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI) at LMU, which officially opens this week.
www.lmu.de
October 7, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Please join us (in person or virtually) for the opening of the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI).
Friday, Oct 11, 5pm German time / 11am Eastern US time.
Panelists: Thomas Piketty, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @charlottebartels.bsky.social
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Friday, Oct 11, 5pm German time / 11am Eastern US time.
Panelists: Thomas Piketty, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @charlottebartels.bsky.social
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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Please join us for our Inaugural Event 🎉
Friday, October 11, 2024
5pm (CEST; 11am ET)
Opening Lectures by Thomas Piketty, Ingrid Robeyns, and Charlotte Bartels, followed by a panel discussion and reception.
Register to attend in person or virtually: tinyurl.com/isi-opening
Friday, October 11, 2024
5pm (CEST; 11am ET)
Opening Lectures by Thomas Piketty, Ingrid Robeyns, and Charlotte Bartels, followed by a panel discussion and reception.
Register to attend in person or virtually: tinyurl.com/isi-opening
October 7, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Please join us for our Inaugural Event 🎉
Friday, October 11, 2024
5pm (CEST; 11am ET)
Opening Lectures by Thomas Piketty, Ingrid Robeyns, and Charlotte Bartels, followed by a panel discussion and reception.
Register to attend in person or virtually: tinyurl.com/isi-opening
Friday, October 11, 2024
5pm (CEST; 11am ET)
Opening Lectures by Thomas Piketty, Ingrid Robeyns, and Charlotte Bartels, followed by a panel discussion and reception.
Register to attend in person or virtually: tinyurl.com/isi-opening
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Welche Folgen haben die unterschiedlichen historischen Erbregeln für die Regionen in Deutschland? DIW-Studie von @charlottebartels.bsky.social & @simonjaeger.bsky.social zeigt, dass die Produktivität dort gestiegen ist, wo das Land zwischen Geschwistern aufgeteilt wurde.
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
September 25, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Welche Folgen haben die unterschiedlichen historischen Erbregeln für die Regionen in Deutschland? DIW-Studie von @charlottebartels.bsky.social & @simonjaeger.bsky.social zeigt, dass die Produktivität dort gestiegen ist, wo das Land zwischen Geschwistern aufgeteilt wurde.
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
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And please save this date:
On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:
- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)
More soon; we can't wait to get started!
/end
On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:
- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)
More soon; we can't wait to get started!
/end
June 21, 2024 at 12:43 PM
And please save this date:
On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:
- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)
More soon; we can't wait to get started!
/end
On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:
- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)
More soon; we can't wait to get started!
/end
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Neue DIW-Studie zur Vermögensungleichheit bezieht erstmals Rentenansprüche mit ein: vorher hatte die ärmere Hälfte der Bevölkerung nur 2 % am Gesamtvermögen, mit Rentenansprüchen sind es 9 %. D.h. die Rente ist für diese Gruppe extrem wichtig. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
@charlottebartels.bsky.social
@charlottebartels.bsky.social
November 8, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Neue DIW-Studie zur Vermögensungleichheit bezieht erstmals Rentenansprüche mit ein: vorher hatte die ärmere Hälfte der Bevölkerung nur 2 % am Gesamtvermögen, mit Rentenansprüchen sind es 9 %. D.h. die Rente ist für diese Gruppe extrem wichtig. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
@charlottebartels.bsky.social
@charlottebartels.bsky.social
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Anlässlich des neuen Global Tax Evasion Reports diskutiert @charlottebartels.bsky.social am Donnerstag, den 2.11.23 um 18 Uhr in der Hertie School über das Problem der globalen Steuerflucht. Mit: @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, Sarah Godar und Gerhard Schick. Jetzt anmelden!
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October 17, 2023 at 1:49 PM
Anlässlich des neuen Global Tax Evasion Reports diskutiert @charlottebartels.bsky.social am Donnerstag, den 2.11.23 um 18 Uhr in der Hertie School über das Problem der globalen Steuerflucht. Mit: @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, Sarah Godar und Gerhard Schick. Jetzt anmelden!