Kholodilin, Konstantin; Kohl, Sebastian - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 16 (2026) 1/2, pp. 3-9
Over the past 150 years, living space consumption has increased significantly-in Germany from less than half a room to almost two rooms per capita. The average living space per person more than doubled between 1956 and 2024, reaching 49.2 square meters. Rising incomes enabled the construction of...