Most of the available comparative empirical evidence on levels and trends in income inequalities and poverty in OECD … picture of the impact of overall housing policies on inequality and poverty, as some countries use different policies to help … population and how they help to combat poverty. Finally, in a case study for Germany, we compare cash and in-kind social benefits …

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 …

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

a halt in 2011. The most influential forces for this development in 2011 is the anew increase in inequality of capital … 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 …

-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 …

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 …. Finally, to describe the welfare situation of older people, we analyzed not only current income but also individual net worth …