Analysing Gordon’s trade-off by adapting Thurow’s approach of pure public good to the German energy sector

Table 4 Net income of private households in Germany 2008 according to their household type

Income groups in €	Single	Single with child(ren)	Couples	Couples without child(ren)	Couples with child(ren)	Other households
All households	1726	1943	3662	3387	4191	4229
Under 900	705	758	759	816	854	429
900–1300	1097	1125	1125	1120	1169	1144
1300–1500	1396	1394	1407	1408	1402	1407
1500–2000	1736	1727	1766	1766	1764	1766
2000–2600	2259	2268	2303	2296	2325	2299
2600–3600	3028	2984	3073	3048	3120	3112
3600–5000	4168	4187	4213	4200	4229	4249
5000–18,000	7067	6351	7015	7119	6898	6966
Net income dispersion^a	4.09	3.3	1.9	2.1	1.646	1.647

Source: Own calculation based on German Federal Statistical Office, 2011, /=no declaration, the number of cases is too small. Italic numbers are own estimation
^aIncome dispersion: ratio of the net income of the highest available income group to the net income of the average household of the social group

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