Recent data from EU-SILC and Destatis seemed to indicate a dramatic increase in German inequality and poverty in the pandemic year 2020. But Destatis had changed its data collection method. Based on several studies, it is likely that the actual rise has been much weaker while the previous data...

Recent data from EU-SILC and Destatis seemed to indicate a dramatic increase in German inequality and poverty in the pandemic year 2020. But Destatis had changed its data collection method. Based on several studies, it is likely that the actual rise has been much weaker while the previous data...

Veränderungen in der Erwerbslandschaft, der demographischeWandel und die Globalisierunggelten neben anderen Einfl ussfaktoren wie derErosion der Finanzierungsbasis der sozialen Sicherungssystemeund der Staatsverschuldung als wesentlicheGründe für eine Neuausrichtung desSozialstaats. Diese...