Die Armut ist in Deutschland zu einem wachsenden Problem geworden. Trotz der aktuellen Konjunktur auf dem Arbeitsmarkt … Rekordzahl für die Armutsentwicklung meldet. Wie lässt sich Armut am aussagefähigsten messen? Welche Indikatoren beschreiben …

Empirische Untersuchungen haben nachgewiesen, dass es in Deutschland in einem beträchtlichen Ausmaß Armut gibt. Wie … wird Armut definiert? Wie kann man Armut messen? Hat in Deutschland die Ungleichheit der Einkommensverteilung zugenommen …? Welche Maßnahmen müssten ergriffen werden, um Armut zu verhindern? …

Armut vor Eintritt in das Rentenalter ansetzen sollte. …Which groups have particularly low pension entitlements and are therefore most at risk of poverty in old age …, unemployment, raising children or caring for relatives, all of which result in low pensions. Those who are most at risk of poverty …

There is no international consensus on what poverty is and how it should be measured. The most commonly used poverty … indicator, income level, is limited as it ignores the multidimensional character of poverty. Because the choice of an indicator …, the choice of a poverty indicator is important. It sets priorities for policies and programs and determines outcomes of …

Slower growth and higher inflation can worsen poverty. By implication, maintaining macroeconomic stability is necessary … to reduce poverty. When a typical aggregate demand (AD) policy for stabilization is not effective, however, its impact on … poverty could be devastating as incomes of the poor typically decline with falling output. In this study, I argue that when …

equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of QR and the reduction in … headcount poverty index, both the poverty gap and the squared poverty gap indices increase. The Gini coefficient increases as … inputs in the sector, lower factor prices in agriculture, and lower factor incomes for these households. Thus, poverty in …