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"Development of Top Incomes in Germany Since 2001": Seven Questions to Charlotte Bartels

Interview of January 14, 2016

Dr. Bartels, when is someone considered to be a top earner in Germany?

To answer this question, of course we first have to decide who we would like to be included in this group. We mainly define the top one percent as very high earners. This top one percent is made up of those with a gross annual income of 150,000 euros or more. [...]

The full interview with Charlotte Bartels is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 1+2/2016. It is available for download as pdf document (PDF, 77.63 KB).

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