Institutions & Society

Institutions & Society

What Happened to the Incentive to Earn? Hidden Bracket Creep in Germany’s Child-Support Schedule.

Across 18 years, the income bands stayed the same width and in 2026, a parent of two teenagers can earn anywhere from €1,450 to about €2,500 of adjusted net income without keeping a euro more.

Institutions & Society

What Happened to the Incentive to Earn? Hidden Bracket Creep in Germany’s Child-Support Schedule

For a parent of two teenagers, more than €1,000 of monthly adjusted net income can now fall inside a range where earning more does not increase the parent’s own disposable income.