The four publicly funded research data centres (FDZ) in Germany - the Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research, the Research Data Centre of the German Pension Insurance (FDZ-RV), the Research Data Centre of the Statistical Offices of the...

The actual tax reform 2000/2005 and their alternative proposals are prominent in the actual economic and social policy discussion. The question of the individual impacts to the tax payers is pronounced in the political discussion beyond traditional taxation aims to cover public expenditures and...

The distribution of societal resources is of high societal, economic and social policy importance. What is missing are reliable data above all about high income. This study will contribute to a well-founded analysis of high income for self employed – as (liberal) professions and entrepreneurs...