proportion of people at risk of poverty has also recently increased. Gainful employment still provides the most effective … protection against income poverty, but more and more employed persons are at risk of becoming poor. Containment of the low wage … could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …

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 … young singles (up to the age of 35) in particular. Their at-risk-of-poverty rate increased by 12 percentage points since …

significantly since 2003. Nevertheless, our findings show that the general relative poverty risk for older people in Germany has … remained roughly constant over the last ten years-although the poverty rate of the population as a whole has been increasing …. We found that one-fifth of all persons living near the poverty line possess substantial assets that they can fall back on …

development, the poverty risk in western Germany fell slightly from 2009 to 2010, while it remained unchanged in the eastern part …income inequality ; Poverty risk ; SOEP …

and labour income. Alongside, the relative poverty risk has reached a record high in 2009 with a rate of 15 percent. For … decreased since reunification in Germany. The chance to escape from relative poverty within a four years period has come down by …