Does regulation trade-off quality against inequality? : The case of German architects and construction engineers

Strohmaier, Kristina; Rostam-Afschar, Davud

Does regulation trade-off quality against inequality? : The case of German architects and construction engineers

dc.contributor.author	Strohmaier, Kristina	de
dc.contributor.author	Rostam-Afschar, Davud	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:56:20Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:56:20Z
dc.date.created	2018-10-09
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	We exploit an exogenous price increase by about 10% for architectural services to answer the question how price regulation affects income inequality and service quality. Using individual-level data from the German microcensus for the years 2006 to 2012, we find a significant reform effect of 8% on personal net income for self-employed architects and construction engineers. This group moved from the second lowest to the highest quintile of the net income distribution. This increase in inequality is associated with a deterioration of service quality. The reform reduced average scores of a peer ranking for architects by 18%.	en
dc.identifier.swb	511700458
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6311
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-15312
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2018,23
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Regulation	en
dc.subject	Inequality	en
dc.subject	Wages	en
dc.subject	Service quality	en
dc.subject	Entrepreneurship	en
dc.subject	Natural experiment	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Lohn	de
dc.subject.gnd	Regulierung	de
dc.subject.gnd	Ungleichheit	de
dc.subject.gnd	Qualität	de
dc.title	Does regulation trade-off quality against inequality? : The case of German architects and construction engineers	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1531
local.series.issueNumber	2018,23
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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