Who makes it to the top? We use the leading, socio-economic survey in Germany supplemented by extensive data on the … rich to answer this question. We identify the key predictors for belonging to the top 1 percent of income, wealth, and both … suggest that all top 1 percent groups, but especially the joint top 1 percent, are predominantly populated by …

Who makes it to the top? We use the leading, socio-economic survey in Germany supplemented by extensive data on the … rich to answer this question. We identify the key predictors for belonging to the top 1 percent of income, wealth, and both … suggest that all top 1 percent groups, but especially the joint top 1 percent, are predominantly populated by …

top income concentration and inequality across the country's regions, macro-areas, and the recently introduced … the past few decades, particularly among the top earners, while also highlighting nuanced regional and sub … concentration compared to smaller ones. Southern regions exhibit lower income concentration levels among the top income groups …

This paper studies the aggregate and distributional effects of raising the top marginal income tax rate in the presence … distortionary effects of higher income taxes at the top but makes them ineffective at lowering inequality. Eliminating tax avoidance …

This paper studies the aggregate and distributional effects of raising the top marginal income tax rate in the presence … distortionary effects of higher income taxes at the top but makes them ineffective at lowering inequality. Eliminating tax avoidance …