. Germany is a country of enormous inequality - income, wealth and opportunities are distributed more unequally in Germany than … in almost any other industrialised country. This inequality imposes huge economic costs for Germany, as evidenced by …, from demographic change to globalisation to the migration challenge. The main culprit for the high and rising inequality is …

Among all G20 countries, Germany has the lowest level of inequality in terms of disposable income. Germany's tax and … for economic participation and have put a stop to previous trends towards greater income inequality. In order to safeguard …

. But inequality has not risen in either Germany or Switzerland since 2005. Nevertheless, Germans overestimate inequality … . The German gap between reality and perception of inequality is important to investigate, as the subjective assessment of … inequality infl uences redistribution preferences. Rising inequality may damage social stability and democracy, but it is unclear …

the same time, the inequality of household incomes has increased. High-income households have profi ted particularly from … investment income and self-employment. The income gap has not widened further in recent years, but the high level of inequality …