The assets of the super-rich is only statistically difficult to estimate. A number of 2012 came from around six billion euros. Now the numbers were determined more precisely: The new study comes on nine trillion euros. The richest one percent thus has a third of German assets.
billionaires and multi-millionaires living in Germany often relatively withdrawn and hardly noticeable to the public. That was about the two now deceased Aldi founder Theo and Karl Albrecht, for example, little is known publicly. There is little reliable figures also on the exact amount of the assets of German super-rich. A study of 2012 calculated six billion euros.
According to a new study, it seems, however, that this was a significantly low estimate. Developed by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) conducted recent survey comes to 9.3 million euros, as the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” reported. Reason for the differences is likely a new, more accurate method of DIW be.
inequality significantly greater than expected
These numbers represent the same time that the disparity between rich and poor is even greater in Germany as suspected: Previously it was thought that 0.1 percent of the richest households account for around five percent of Germany’s total assets. According to the new survey, there are now 14 to 16 percent.
The richest 31 percent of Germans therefore possesses instead of the previously assumed 18 percent. The richest ten percent are 63 to 71 percent, before it was expected that around 60 percent. Researcher Markus M. Grabka by DIW is true that the new figures have insecurities, he says in the “SZ” but also, “We are convinced, however, that our method the reality of the wealth distribution in Germany is much closer than the previously used “DIW conducted the study on behalf of the Hans Böckler Foundation by
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