"Polarisation" wird im Allgemeinen als ein Hervortreten von Gegensätzen verstanden. Bezogen auf Einkommen sind die Begriffe "Unter-, Mittel- und Oberschicht" gemeint. Bildet sich die Mittelschicht zurück, so besteht die resultierende Gesellschaft lediglich aus einer unteren bzw. einer oberen...

During the last decade, research on income inequality has paid special attention to top income earners. At the same time, top marginal tax rates on upper income earners have declined sharply in many OECD countries. Discussions are still open on the relationship between the increase of the income...

This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...