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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 distribution in Germany: Real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190

remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …

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Real incomes increasing, low-income rate decreasing in individual age groups

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Weekly Report 10 (2020) 17/18, pp. 231-239

immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period …

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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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Income inequality in Germany stagnating over the long term, but decreasing slightly during the coronavirus pandemic

Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW Weekly Report 11 (2021) 17/18, pp. 125-133

Both wages and needs-adjusted household income increased by ten percent between 2013 and 2018, benefiting all income groups. Wage inequality has been declining for many years and has now again reached the level of the early 2000s. At the same time, the low-wage sector shrank by two percentage...

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Nearly 1.1 million people in Germany use food banks, single and separated parents in particular at an above-average frequency

Grabka, Markus M.; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 39, pp. 239-244

accordingly, over two thirds of them are at risk of poverty. The structural causes of poverty must be addressed to ensure that … food banks do not reach their limit. Increasing the standard rate for welfare benefits and providing targeted support …

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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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The low-wage sector in Germany is larger than previously assumed

Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 14, pp. 117-124

The total number of dependent employees in Germany has increased by more than four million since the financial crisis. Part of this growth took place in the low-wage sector. Analyses based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel, which in 2017 for the first time include detailed information on...

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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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Inequality in Germany: Decrease in gap for gross hourly wages since 2014, but monthly and annual wages remain on plateau

Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 9, pp. 83-92

Despite the booming German labor market, wage inequality is still a relevant issue. In the present study, the authors report on the changes in wages and their distribution between 1992 and 2016. In addition to real contractual gross hourly wages, we closely examined gross monthly and annual...

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