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Zur Entwicklung von Top-Einkommen in Deutschland seit 2001

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  • Charlotte Bartels
  • Carsten Schröder

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What share of total income in Germany is owned by the country’s top 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 data on income taxation. After these statistics have been harmonized accordingly, it becomes clear there are systematic differences for the top one percent’s incomes—both in terms of the level of measured income concentration and in terms of changes over time. However, the two sets of data give very similar answers for the top ten percent excluding the top one percent as far as both level and trend of income shares are concerned. 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 administrativen Daten der Einkommensbesteuerung. Nach entsprechender Harmonisierung der Statistiken zeigen sich für die Top-Ein-Prozent der Einkommen systematische Unterschiede – sowohl hinsichtlich des Niveaus der gemessenen Einkommenskonzentration als auch hinsichtlich der Veränderungen über die Zeit. Für die Top-Zehn-Prozent ohne die Top-Ein-Prozent sind sowohl Niveau als auch Trend der Einkommensanteile aus beiden Datensätzen hingegen sehr ähnlich.

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  • Charlotte Bartels & Carsten Schröder, 2016. "Zur Entwicklung von Top-Einkommen in Deutschland seit 2001," DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 83(1), pages 3-9.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwob:83-1-1
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    1. Martin Biewen & Martin Ungerer & Max Löffler, 2019. "Why Did Income Inequality in Germany Not Increase Further After 2005?," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 20(4), pages 471-504, November.
    2. Stefan Bach, 2016. "Erbschaftsteuer, Vermögensteuer oder Kapitaleinkommensteuer: Wie sollen hohe Vermögen stärker besteuert werden?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1619, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    3. Michele Battisti & Gabriel Felbermayr & Sybille Lehwald, 2016. "Inequality in Germany: Myths, Facts, and Policy Implications," ifo Working Paper Series 217, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    4. Emmenegger Jana & Münnich Ralf, 2023. "Localising the Upper Tail: How Top Income Corrections Affect Measures of Regional Inequality," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 243(3-4), pages 285-317, June.

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    Keywords

    top incomes; concentration; inequality; SOEP; income tax records;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue

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