microdata from the German Federal Statistical Office's contribution to the European Union Statistics on Income and Living … from the German Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS), the present paper compares EU-SILC-based results about income …

from the Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) Study show that after an increase in income dissatisfaction in 2007, the percentage … of the population who consider their income unjust has again decreased substantially in 2009 - at 30 percent - to 2005 … shows that it was mainly people in the low to medium income range and in particular skilled workers who perceived their net …

According to calculations based on the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, the proportion of middle-income group in … experienced such a downturn, however. Analyses of the situation in the US indicate a similar decline. To the middle-income group … belong individuals in households earning a total income, before tax and social security contributions, of 67 to 200 percent …

experienced such a downturn, however. Analyses of the situation in the US indicate a similarly dramatic decline. Middle-income … earners are individuals in households earning a total income, before tax and social security contributions, of 67 to 200 … percent of the median. In the US, however, there has been a stronger increase in income polarization than in Germany. This is …