Dr. Maximilian Stockhausen

Senior Economist for Social Security Systems and Income and Wealth Distribution

Tel: +49 30 27877 134 Mail: stockhausen@iwkoeln.de Maximilian Stockhausen

At the IW since 2017
Studies in economics with a focus on finance and econometrics as well as doctoral studies in the research group "Tax and Social Policy with Growing Inequality" at the Freie Universität Berlin

Topics

Distribution and Public Finances

Thematic clusters

The State, Taxes, Social Security

IW Publications

Pimpertz, Jochen / Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2026, Weiterentwicklung der Alterssicherungssysteme in Deutschland – Systemfremde Zielsetzungen, irreführende Indikatorik und fehladressierte Reformen, in: IW-Trends,53. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 2-23
Zur Studie

Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2025, Erwerbsarbeit und Pflege. Wie werden Erwerbstätigkeit und private Pflege miteinander vereinbart?, in: IW-Trends, 52. Jg., Nr. 4, S. 3-23
Zur Studie

Schüler, Ruth Maria / Stockhausen, Maximilian / Böhmer, Hendrik / Wendt, Jan, 2025, Eigenbeteiligung in der vollstationären Pflege. Eine Analyse regionaler Kostenunterschiede, IW-Report, Nr. 59, Köln / Berlin
Zur Studie

Pimpertz, Jochen / Schüler, Ruth Maria / Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2025, Kapitaldeckung in der Pflege. Argumente gegen eine Ausweitung der Pflichtversicherung, IW-Policy Paper, Nr. 11, Köln / Berlin
Zur Studie

Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2025, Einkommen und Pflege. Eine Analyse der finanziellen Situation von privat Pflegenden, in: IW-Trends, 52. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 87-107
Zur Studie

Niehues, Judith / Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2024, IW-Verteilungsreport 2024. Aktuelle Trends und Herausforderungen für die Verteilungspolitik, IW-Report, Nr. 49, Köln / Berlin
Zur Studie

Obst, Thomas / Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2024, Makroökonomische Analyse von Lohn-Preis-Spiralen. Risiken von Zweitrundeneffekten in der gegenwärtigen Hochinflationsphase, IW-Analyse, Nr. 155, Berlin / Köln
Zur Studie

Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2023, IW-Verteilungsreport 2023. Einstellungen zur sozialen Mobilität, IW-Report, Nr. 58, Berlin
Zur Studie

Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2022, IW-Verteilungsreport 2022. Einfluss struktureller Veränderungen auf die Einkommensverteilung, IW-Report, Nr. 63, Köln.
Zur Studie

Niehues, Judith / Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2022, Die Mittelschicht im Fokus – Abgrenzung, Entwicklung und Mobilität, in: IW-Trends, 49. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 27-53
Zur Studie

Niehues, Judith / Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2021, An international comparison with a special focus on the case of Germany. Inequality revisited, IW-Report, Nr. 18, Köln / Berlin
Zur Studie

Beznoska, Martin / Hentze, Tobias / Kochskämper, Susanna / Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2019, Die Besteuerung von Ehepaaren in Deutschland. Ökonomische Effekte verschiedener Reformvorschläge, IW-Analyse, No. 133, Köln / Berlin
Zur Studie

Pimpertz, Jochen / Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2019, Grundsicherung statt Grundrente. Eine Frage der Reichweite und Treffsicherheit, in: IW-Trends, 2019, No. 3
Zur Studie

Arbeitsangebotsmodul zum IW-Mikrosimulationsmodell STATS – Dokumentation Version 1.0
IW-Report 13/2019

Ist der Traum vom sozialen Aufstieg in Deutschland ausgeträumt?
IW-Kurzbericht 48/2018

Wie der Vater, so der Sohn? Zur intergenerationalen Einkommensmobilität in Deutschland
IW-Trends 4/2017

Expertises

(in cooperation with Jochen Pimpertz)
Grundrente ohne Bedürftigkeitsprüfung – Wer profitiert ohne Not? – Eine mikrodatenbasierte Analyse potenziell bedürftiger Rentner
Gutachten für die Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (INSM), 2019

(in cooperation with Martin Beznoska, Judith Niehues)
Die Vermögensverteilung im internationalen Vergleich
Gutachten für die Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft, 2018

External Publications

Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2021, Like father, like son? A comparison of absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility in Germany and the US, in: Journal of Economic Inequality, online first
Zur Studie

Stockhausen, Maximilian, 2019, The Distribution of Economic Resources to Children in Germany, in: Journal of Income Distribution, 28. Jg., Nr. 1, S. 1-36

(in cooperation with Guido Neidhöfer)
Dynastic Inequality Compared – Multigenerational Mobility in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany
Article in the Review of Income and Wealth, 2018, 65. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 383-414

(in cooperation with Charlotte Bartels)
Children’s Opportunities in Germany – An Application Using Multidimensional Measures
German Economic Review, Vol. 18, Issue 3, 2017, S. 327–376

More from Dr. Maximilian Stockhausen

IW-Trends No. 2 19. May 2026 Jochen Pimpertz / Maximilian Stockhausen

The Reform of Old-Age Pension Systems in Germany

Concerns about the risk of poverty in old age have prompted a multitude of reform proposals, most of which aim to introduce additional redistributive elements into Germany’s statutory pension scheme.

IW-Trends No. 4 3. December 2025 Maximilian Stockhausen

Gainful Employment and Caregiving: Reconciling Formal Employment with Caring for a Relative

German society is ageing, and more and more of those in paid employment are having to combine their jobs with caring for a relative. Of the approximately 5.7 million family caregivers in Germany in 2022, almost three quarters were under 66 and thus still of working age.

IW-Report No. 59 17. November 2025 Ruth Maria Schüler et al.

Co-payments in inpatient care: An analysis of regional cost differences

This report is based on the evaluation of price data from a total of 10,820 full-time nursing homes in Germany which are provided on the ‘pflegelotse.de’ platform of the Association of Substitute Health Insurance Funds (vdek) and were collected at the beginning of October 2024 using a web scraping process.

IW-Policy Paper No. 11 2. October 2025 Jochen Pimpertz / Ruth Maria Schüler / Maximilian Stockhausen

Funding of long-term care: Arguments against extending compulsory insurance

The German Federal-State Commission on the ‘Future of long-term Care’ is tasked with developing a reform by the end of 2025. Its mandate is guided by the overarching goal of contribution rate stability.

IW-Trends No. 2 9. September 2025 Maximilian Stockhausen

Income and Nursing Care – An Analysis of the Financial Situation of Family Carers

Analyses of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) show that in 2022 approximately 5.65 million people in Germany were providing long-term care to their relatives. This figure includes 4.22 million family carers of working age (18 to 65), who often have to combine nursing care with other family responsibilities and their professional work.

IW-Report No. 49 17. December 2024 Judith Niehues / Maximilian Stockhausen

IW Distribution Report 2024: Current trends and challenges for distribution policy

The coronavirus pandemic, the energy price crisis and the associated high inflation rates have left their marks. The fall in real wages up to the beginning of 2023 has offset some of the real wage growth of previous years: on average for 2023, the real wage index was at the same level as in 2015.

IW-Analyse No. 155 9. January 2024 Thomas Obst / Maximilian Stockhausen

A Macroeconomic Analysis of Wage-Price Spirals

The subject of this Analysis is the forms that wage-price spirals can take and how they influence macroeconomic stability and inflationary trends in Germany.

IW-Report No. 58 18. November 2023 Maximilian Stockhausen

IW Distribution Report 2023: Attitudes towards social mobility

Fundamentally linked to the social market economy is the idea that everyone has the opportunity for social advancement, regardless of their social background, and that children should be better off than their parents.

IW-Report No. 63 26. November 2022 Maximilian Stockhausen

IW Distribution Report 2022: Influence of structural changes on income distribution

Academization, immigration and demographic change are defining issues of our time and influence the distribution of income. This year's report therefore focuses on the question of which long-term structural changes in the net income distribution are associated with a higher average level of education, increased net immigration and a higher share of older fellow citizens in the total population.

IW-Trends No. 2 16. May 2022 Judith Niehues / Maximilian Stockhausen

A Focus on the Middle Class - Demarcation, Development and Mobility

In 2018, roughly every second German was a member of the middle class as measured by income, a proportion which has barely changed for more than a decade. However, the lower income threshold of this middle-income group has risen - an indication of increased prosperity.