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20 years of the Riester pension : personal retirement provision requires reform
Geyer, Johannes; Grabka, Markus M.; Haan, Peter - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 40, pp. 307-312
Introduced 20 years ago as a part of the 2001 pension reform, the Riester pension is meant to function as an essential component of the German pension system with the aim of compensating for decreasing public pensions. However, data collected by the SOEP show that this objective has not yet been...
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Millionaires under the microscope : data gap on top wealth holders closed : wealth concentration higher than presumed
Schröder, Carsten; Bartels, Charlotte; Göbler, Konstantin - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 30/31, pp. 313-322
little has been known about them. As a result, the full extent of wealth concentration in Germany was unknown. To close the … Germany is higher than previously thought. The top ten percent possess over two thirds of all individual net assets, while … 22 percent as previously thought. Around 1.5 per- cent of adults in Germany have assets in the amount of at least one …
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The impact of household capital income on income inequality : a factor decomposition analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA
Fräßdorf, Anna (contributor);  … - 2008
contribution to overall inequality in relation to its share in disposable income. This applies to Germany and the USA in particular … SOEP for West Germany, and the PSID for the USA, a factor decomposition method described by Shorrocks (1982) is applied … volatile and its share in disposable income has risen in recent years. Moreover, capital income makes a disproportionately high …
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Copayments for ambulatory care in Germany : a natural experiment using a difference-in-difference approach
Schreyögg, Jonas (contributor);  … - 2008
In response to increasing health expenditures and a high number of physician visits, the German government introduced a copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private insurance were exempt from the copayments, this health...
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In vino pecunia? : the association between beverage-specific drinking behavior and wages
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. (contributor);  … - 2008
individual-based microdata from the GSOEP for 2006, we confirm that this relationship exists for Germany as well. More …
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Examining the gender wealth gap in Germany
Sierminska, Eva (contributor); Frick, Joachim R. (contributor) - 2008
evidence for a significant gender wealth gap of about 30,000 euros in Germany, which amounts to almost 50,000 euros for married …
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Niedrigere Arbeitslosigkeit sorgt für weniger Armutsrisiko und Ungleichheit
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 75 (2008) 38, pp. 556, 558-566
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Integrierte Analyse der Einkommens- und Vermögensverteilung : Abschlussbericht zur Studie ; [Forschungsprojekt]
Grabka, Markus M. (contributor) - 2008 - Stand: August 2008
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Gestiegene Vermögensungleichheit in Deutschland
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 76 (2009) 4, pp. 54, 56-67
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"Das Risiko der Altersarmut steigt" : sieben Fragen an Markus Grabka
Wittenberg, Erich; Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 76 (2009) 4, pp. 55
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