Arm-und-reich.de Website Review

Income and wealth in Germany and how the state redistributes it. Dividing the German population into ten income groups reveals that as income increases, government benefits decrease, while on the other hand, the tax burden continues to grow. We divided the Germans into 10 tenths - from the richest to the poorest. Click on the tenths and see how much the To find out, you must first determine their so-called demand-weighted net income. Fill in the fields below and calculate your result. How much money does your household have net per month? € How many ad*lts (over 14 years) live in your household? How many children (under 14) live in your household? All figures are demand-weighted average figures in Euro per month per person in 2009 (EEG-surcharge for 2011). Only income, not as*ets, are taken into account. The percentage indicates the proportion of the tenth of the respective levy or benefit in total. Source: Socio-Economic Panel, Institute of German Business Cologne Unfortunately, Ja*ascript is disabled in your browser. Ja*ascript must be activated in order to use this interactive graphic. Income and wealth are distributed unevenly in practically all countries of the world. Some people judge this as unjust per se, others do not mind as long as the distribution reflects people's efforts. If prosperity is accompanied by an appropriate performance, inequality even motivates: It promises that it can be built up with diligence and ability. However, strong motives remain to redistribute income and as*ets and at least partially reduce inequality. One of these motives is the compas*ion of the wealthy: they voluntarily give their share to the poorer through altruism. Another approach tends to be