Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …

This paper presents a methodology for comparing income rank volatility profiles over time and across distributions …. While most of the existing measures are affected by changes in marginal distributions, this paper proposes a framework that … is based on individuals’ relative positions in the distribution, and is neutral in relation to structural changes that …

The authors analyse the relationship between functional income distribution and economic growth in France and Germany … from 1960 until 2005. The analysis is based on a demand-driven distribution and growth model for an open economy inspired … by Bhaduri/Marglin (1990), which allows for profit- or wage-led growth. First, the authors apply a single equation …

We analyse the relationship between functional income distribution and economic growth in Austria, France, Germany, the … Netherlands, the UK and the USA from 1960 until 2005. The analysis is based on a demand-driven distribution and growth model for … Bhaduri/Marglin's (1990) theoretical conclusion that wage-led growth becomes less feasible when the effects of distribution on …

We analyse the relationship between functional income distribution and economic growth in France and Germany from 1960 … until 2005. The analysis is based on a demand-driven distribution and growth model for an open economy inspired by Bhaduri …/Marglin (1990), which allows for profit- or wage-led growth. First, we apply a single equation approach, estimating the effects of …

distribution. Individual wage mobility decreased between 1984/1987 and 2004/2007, while inequality increased steadily from the mid … 1990s onwards. Mobility is highest in the middle section of the distribution. Better qualified persons, younger persons and … individuals moving downwards in the wage distribution. …

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to … poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …