across years), and use it to compare levels and patterns of relative poverty in the USA, Great Britain and Germany during the … 1990s. The higher aggregate poverty rates in the USA and in Britain relative to Germany were mostly accounted for by higher …-relevant characteristics, in particular higher employment rates. …

After an economically tough start into the new millennium, Germany experienced an unprecedented employment boom after … employment boom. Our results suggest that, while the latter did have an equalising impact, it was partially offset by the … persistently reverse all the employment gains that occurred during the boom, this would only have a moderately disequalising effect …

After an economically tough start into the new millennium, Germany experienced an unprecedented employment boom after … employment boom. Our results suggest that, while the latter did have an equalising impact, it was partially offset by the … persistently reverse all the employment gains that occurred during the boom, this would only have a moderately disequalising effect …