decomposition of poverty and inequality in 2000–2018 using official national household surveys. We find the growth since 2012 …, unlike before, was consistently pro-poor. Moreover, growth and redistribution aligned after 2012 to reduce poverty, whereas …-poor. Finally, the overall trends in the quality of growth and its contribution and that of redistribution to poverty adjustments …

-government poverty rates climb by three to four percentage points once we account for households’ medical expenses. We find that …

Redistribution and the welfare state have been linked by academic discourse to narratives that portray specific … rich, support for redistribution in Germany is not motivated by the urge to castigate this group for their affluence …