TY  - GEN
T1  - Does regulation trade-off quality against inequality? : The case of German architects and construction engineers
A1  - Rostam-Afschar,Davud
A1  - Strohmaier,Kristina
Y1  - 2018/10/09
N2  - 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%.
KW  - Lohn
KW  - Regulierung
KW  - Ungleichheit
KW  - Qualität
CY  - Hohenheim
PB  - Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
AD  - Garbenstr. 15, 70593 Stuttgart
UR  - http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2018/1531
ER  -