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Real income rose significantly between 1991 and 2014 on average: First indication of return to increased income inequality

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 5, pp. 47-57

stagnated or even decreased in the interim periods. The proportion of people at risk of poverty has recently become greater … again. Gainful employment still provides the most effective protection against income poverty, but more and more employed … childless coupled households - this could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …

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Income inequality remains high in Germany: Young singles and career entrants increasingly at risk of poverty

Goebel, Jan; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 25, pp. 325-339

five percent in real terms between 2000 and 2012. Only the highest earners have benefited from this development. While real … until 2005 and has remained at the same high level ever since. At the same time, the risk of poverty in Germany increased … significantly between 2000 and 2009, and is currently at approximately 14 percent. The risk of poverty has risen significantly for …

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Reduction in income inequality faltering

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 1, pp. 16-25

-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) show that the risk of poverty did not rise further after a long period of upward movement. Income … mobility since German reunification. For example, the odds of exiting the risk of poverty within a period of four years has …

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Shrinking share of middle-income group in Germany and the US

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan; Schröder, Carsten; … - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 18, pp. 199-210

According to calculations based on the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, the proportion of middle-income group in Germany fell by six percentage points from 1991 to 2013, taking it to 54 percent. Germany is not the only country to have experienced such a downturn, however. Analyses of the...

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Has income inequality spiked in Germany?

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 2 (2012) 12, pp. 3-14

latter showed a further spread at the lower end of disposable income distribution. In the course of this development, the … poverty risk in western Germany fell slightly from 2009 to 2010, while it remained unchanged in the eastern part of the …

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Reduction in Income Inequality Faltering

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 1, pp. 16-25

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Has Income Inequality Spiked in Germany?

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 2 (2012) 12, pp. 3-14

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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence

Mayraz, Guy; Schupp, Jürgen; Wagner, Gert G. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...

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Real met worth of households in Germany fell between 2003 and 2013

Grabka, Markus M.; Westermeier, Christian - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 34, pp. 441-450

Studies indicating the development of household wealth in Germany are typically based on nominal values and do not take … development of wealth held by the most affluent individuals is not likely to be responsible for the decline in the overall volume … of real assets: Although the EVS and SOEP samples do not provide any details concerning the development of wealth held by …

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Persistently high wealth inequality in Germany

Grabka, Markus M.; Westermeier, Christian - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 6, pp. 3-15

According to current analyses based on the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), the total net assets of German households in 2012 amounted to 6.3 trillion euros. Almost 28 percent of the adult population had no or even negative net wealth. On average, individual net assets in 2012 totaled over...

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