Germany are particularly likely to receive low wages. The legal minimum wage introduced in 2015 is below the low …The total number of dependent employees in Germany has increased by more than four million since the financial crisis …-wage employment contracts in Germany that year, around one quarter of all contracts. Women, young adults and employees in Eastern …

wage inequality rose significantly between 1992 and 2005, in particular with respect to monthly and annual wages. Since … then inequality in monthly and annual wages has plateaued at its 2005 level. Inequality in hourly wages has decreased only …Despite the booming German labor market, wage inequality is still a relevant issue. In the present study, the authors …

low-paid as well as the probability of escaping low wages by moving up to higher-paid employment. Our results reveal a …

The topic of rising income inequality does not only gain in relevance since the two prominent reports by the OECD … (Growing unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries, Paris 2008; Divided we stand-Why inequality keeps rising … literature dealing with the US-about the consequences of the financial crisis on income inequality in Europe (e.g. Jenkins et al …

the mid-1990s, inequality in disposable household income in Germany has generally increased. This trend was in effect …This report examines how income groups and forms of employment in Germany have changed in the past two decades. Since … wages in the income groups below the median rose steadily during the two decades studied. At the same time, in 2014–15 more …

Between 1991 and 2015, the real disposable, needs-adjusted income of persons in private households in Germany rose by … lower end of the income distribution have not. Inequality in both market and disposable needs-adjusted household income has … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk …

material deprivation sank to a low level in a European comparison. Income inequality in Germany has declined slightly since the …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 …

The number of employed persons in Germany has grown by over five million since 2000, in part due to an increase in … as well. Disposable income inequality and the low-income rate are stagnating, but the trends differ depending on …

Germany fell by six percentage points from 1991 to 2013, taking it to 54 percent. Germany is not the only country to have … of the median. In the US, however, there has been a stronger increase in income polarization than in Germany: in the US … Latin America who tended to move down from the middle-income group, while in Germany, the most notable decline was seen in …

Inequality of disposable incomes in Germany has decreased slightly since its peak in 2005. However, this trend did not … continue in 2011. The most important reasons for this were the inequality in market incomes, including capital incomes, which … mobility over time is equally important in terms of social policy, i.e., the upward or downward movement of individual groups …