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Armut in Deutschland - Einfluss der Coronapandemie noch nicht ablesbar
Poverty in Germany - Impact of Corona Pandemic Not Yet Assessable
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Abstract While the risk of poverty increased quite markedly around the turn of the millennium, a further but flatter increase can be subsequently observed. The development was also accompanied by a stronger increase in the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, particularly in the wake of the positive income trend in... view more
While the risk of poverty increased quite markedly around the turn of the millennium, a further but flatter increase can be subsequently observed. The development was also accompanied by a stronger increase in the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, particularly in the wake of the positive income trend in the years prior to the coronavirus pandemic. The extent to which the corona pandemic influenced poverty cannot yet be assessed, as the results published so far are not comparable with previous years due to a break in the available time series. However, first indications of simulation studies suggest that the relative risk of poverty and the distribution of disposable income may have changed only slightly.... view less
Keywords
microcensus; Federal Republic of Germany; poverty; contagious disease; epidemic; income situation; difference in income
Classification
Income Policy, Property Policy, Wage Policy
Social Problems
Free Keywords
Corona; COVID-19; Coronavirus; EU-SILC 2019; Mikrozensus 2020
Document language
German
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 181-184
Journal
Wirtschaftsdienst: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 102 (2022) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-022-3130-7
ISSN
1613-978X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed