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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

Between 1991 and 2015, the real disposable, needs-adjusted income of persons in private households in Germany rose by … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk …

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Income distribution and the fear of crime : evidence from Germany

Acampora, Michelle; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Grabka, Markus M. - 2020 - This version: February 2020

We here explore the link between individual concerns about crime and the distribution of income in Germany. We make use …

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Inequality in Germany : decrease in gap for gross hourly wages since 2014, but monthly and annual wages remain on plateau

Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 9, pp. 83-92

Despite the booming German labor market, wage inequality is still a relevant issue. In the present study, the authors report on the changes in wages and their distribution between 1992 and 2016. In addition to real contractual gross hourly wages, we closely examined gross monthly and annual...

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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

many years and the low-income rate is stagnating. However, the share of people in Germany who are affected by severe … material deprivation sank to a low level in a European comparison. Income inequality in Germany has declined slightly since the …

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The low-wage sector in Germany is larger than previously assumed

Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 14, pp. 117-124

The total number of dependent employees in Germany has increased by more than four million since the financial crisis …-wage employment contracts in Germany that year, around one quarter of all contracts. Women, young adults and employees in Eastern … Germany are particularly likely to receive low wages. The legal minimum wage introduced in 2015 is below the low …

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The socio-economic module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE) : description, structure, and questionnaire

Boeckenhoff, Anke; Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - 2020

The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...

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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 …

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Measuring progress

O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022

Societal progress is characterized primarily as an improvement in the distribution of wellbeing; however, a small set of additional variables are also necessary. Social indicators based on objective measures are inherently limited by the subjective assessments necessary of "experts" to select...

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Ex post inequality of opportunity comparisons

Fleurbaey, Marc; Peragine, Vitorocco; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2015

criteria to measuring inequality of opportunity in Germany. We illustrate our ex-post inequality of opportunity approach based …

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Ex Post Inequality of Opportunity Comparisons

Fleurbaey, Marc; Peragine, Vito; Ramos, Xavi - 2015

criteria to measuring inequality of opportunity in Germany. We illustrate our ex-post inequality of opportunity approach based …

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