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Real incomes increasing, low-income rate decreasing in individual age groups
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 17/18, pp. 231-239
The number of employed persons in Germany has grown by over five million since 2000, in part due to an increase in immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period. Since 2013, all income groups have been benefiting...
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Income distribution in Germany : real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190
remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …
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Income inequality in Germany stagnating over the long term, but decreasing slightly during the coronavirus pandemic
Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 17/18, pp. 125-133
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 time, the low-wage sector shrank by two percentage...
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Real income rose significantly between 1991 and 2014 on average: First indication of return to increased income inequality
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 5, pp. 47-57
stagnated or even decreased in the interim periods. The proportion of people at risk of poverty has recently become greater … again. Gainful employment still provides the most effective protection against income poverty, but more and more employed … childless coupled households - this could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …
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Realeinkommen sind von 1991 bis 2014 im Durchschnitt gestiegen: Erste Anzeichen für wieder zunehmende Einkommensungleichheit
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 4, pp. 71-82
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. …
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The Shrinking German Middle Class: Signs of Long-Term Polarization in Disposable Income?
Grabka, Markus M.; Frick, Joachim R. - In: Weekly Report 4 (2008) 4, pp. 21-27
The proportion of middle income earners in Germany has shrunk significantly in recent years: from 62 percent of the total population in the year 2000 to only 54 percent in 2006. Correspondingly, the proportion of the population at the margins of the income distribution has increased as well,...
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Schrumpfende Mittelschicht: Anzeichen einer dauerhaften Polarisierung der verfügbaren Einkommen?
Grabka, Markus M.; Frick, Joachim R. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 10, pp. 101-108
Die Schicht der Bezieher mittlerer Einkommen ist in Deutschland in den vergangenen Jahren deutlich geschrumpft. Ihr Anteil an der gesamten Bevölkerung ging von 62 Prozent im Jahr 2000 auf 54 Prozent 2006 zurück. Entsprechend gestiegen ist der Bevölkerungsanteil an den Rändern der...
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Niedrigere Arbeitslosigkeit sorgt für weniger Armutsrisiko und Ungleichheit
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 38, pp. 556-566
Nach einer mehrjährigen Phase kontinuierlich steigender Einkommensungleichheit und Einkommensarmut ist es im Zuge des konjunkturellen Aufschwungs der letzten Jahre zu einer Umkehr der Entwicklung gekommen. Nach den 2007 erhobenen Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) zum Einkommen der...
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Preisunterschiede mildern Einkommensgefälle zwischen West und Ost
Goebel, Jan; Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 51/52, pp. 888-894
Unter Berücksichtigung neuer Informationen zu regionalen Preisniveaus in Deutschland fallen die realen Einkommensunterschiede zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland geringer aus als bisher berechnet. Nach Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) und den vom Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung...
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Income inequality remains high in Germany: Young singles and career entrants increasingly at risk of poverty
Goebel, Jan; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 25, pp. 325-339
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 …
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