We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades. Combining personal income tax and social security data allows us - for the first time - to offer a complete picture of the distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that...

Germany's health care system takes care of around 82 million people and is built on the principles of solidarityand equity. At the same time, it is a large and attractive market. It's long history and ever more detailed regulation,however, make it difficult to understand the system and to enter...

How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system to study this question. As of 2004, the German pension authority started to send out annual letters providing detailed and comprehensible information about the pension system...