Bach, Stefan; Grabka, Markus; Tomasch, Erik - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 8, pp. 103-111
in Germany than market income. As a result, in 2011, the Gini coefficient decreased from 0.5 for market income to 0 ….29 for household disposable income. The social security system has a significant share in total income redistribution by the …-tested basic social security payments. Other public benefits such as the child benefit, however, are granted to all income groups …
