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 …

The development of old-age poverty has become an important topic in Germany. Contrary to most studies, a recent report … written by the scientific advisory council at the German Federal Ministry of Economy asserts that old-age poverty will not … problem of old-age poverty, and they plead in favour of further reliable research on the issue. …

While the risk of poverty increased quite markedly around the turn of the millennium, a further but flatter increase … can be subsequently observed. The development was also accompanied by a stronger increase in the at-risk-of-poverty … which the corona pandemic influenced poverty cannot yet be assessed, as the results published so far are not comparable with …

Recent data from EU-SILC and Destatis seemed to indicate a dramatic increase in German inequality and poverty in the …