high-income households inherit more frequently and receive much higher amounts than those from low-income households. Since … intergenerational income mobility is low, highincome households can build wealth, both from regular income and from substantial capital …

again. Gainful employment still provides the most effective protection against income poverty, but more and more employed …The real disposable income of private households in Germany, accounting for inflation, rose by 12 percent between 1991 … varied greatly depending on income group. While the middle income segment rose by more than eight percent, the highest income …

According to calculations based on the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, average disposable household income rose by … income in the top ten percent rose by more than 15 percent, the earnings of the middle income groups stagnated, and even fell … in the lower income groups. As a result, the inequality of disposable household income in Germany climbed sharply up …