detailed analysis of German top incomes is conducted, beginning with a review of selected income distribution measures which … indicate that high incomes have played a significant role for income divergence in recent years. Based on new data it is shown … that top income shares have indeed increased substantially in the recent past, a process which is mainly due to a relative …

Subjective well-being (SWB) is generally argued to rise with relative income. However, direct evidence is scarce on … whether and how intensively individuals undertake income comparisons, to whom they relate, and what they perceive their … relative income to be. In this paper, novel data with direct information on income comparison intensity and perceived relative …

among children such that it cushions cash income inequality. One major reason for this effect is that public in-kind … economic resources by applying an extended income approach. Combining survey data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with … administrative data from the German Federal Statistical Office, extended disposable income inequality is found to be significantly …