We provide levels of, compositions of, and inequalities in household augmented wealth - defined as the sum of net worth and pension wealth - for two countries: the United States and Germany. Pension wealth makes up a considerable portion of household wealth: about 48% in the United States and...

According to calculations based on the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, average disposable household income rose by five percent in real terms between 2000 and 2012. Only the highest earners have benefited from this development. While real income in the top ten percent rose by more than 15...

Das durchschnittliche reale verfügbare Haushaltseinkommen ist nach Berechnungen auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) von 2000 bis 2012 um fünf Prozent gestiegen. Von dieser Entwicklung profitieren aber nur die oberen Einkommensgruppen. Während die realen Einkommen der obersten zehn...

What share of total income in Germany is owned by the country's top income earners and how has this share developed over the past decade? Answers to these questions can be found both in representative survey data such as the longitudinal Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study and in administrative...

Wie hoch ist der Einkommensanteil der Spitzenverdiener am Gesamteinkommen in Deutschland, und wie hat sich dieser im vergangenen Jahrzehnt entwickelt? Antworten darauf findet man sowohl in repräsentativen Befragungsdaten wie der Langzeitstudie Soziooekonomisches Panel (SOEP) als auch in...

According to calculations based on the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, the proportion of middle-income group in Germany fell by six percentage points from 1991 to 2013, taking it to 54 percent. Germany is not the only country to have experienced such a downturn, however. Analyses of the...

Die Gruppe der Bezieher eines mittleren Einkommens ist in Deutschland von 1991 bis 2013 um sechs Prozentpunkte auf 54 Prozent zurückgegangen. Das zeigen Berechnungen auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP). Damit steht Deutschland nicht allein, denn vergleichbare Analysen für die USA...

We use a survey method designed to capture whether the consumption sharing ability of households varies systematically at different levels of well being. Evidence from Cyprus reconfirms our previous results from other countries, that household consumption economies of scale increase as the...