The currently discussed increase in inequality within many countries arise not only from higher poverty rates but also from the growing population at the upper end of the distribution and the resulting tensions between rich and poor. The rise of wealth in several dimensions was coming back as an...

The paper examines the development of incomes in Germany at different welfare levels, together with current trends in poverty. The analyses are based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, which provides detailed annual information on incomes starting in the mid-1980s....