appear likely to accelerate again in the near future, to close the remaining gap between East and West Germany in income …

volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten durch Straßenverkehrsunfälle in Deutschland insgesamt rund 30 Milliarden Euro. Gleichwohl sind die großen …

Verwitwete ein relativ niedriges Einkommen und erhöhtes Armutsrisiko. Überdurchschnittlich ist das Einkommen von Witwern und … lately seems to get stuck. Old-age pensions of newly retired has been descending for years and real household income in later … life is stagnating. Elderly people living in a single household are at an above- average risk of income poverty, which …

This paper reviews changing income distributions in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands, treating the three … incomes was similar but the government redistributed, so that the bottom quintile' s post-government income increased along …

transfer programs affect the pension income and help to reduce old age poverty. We find that child related transfers in the … earnings. The impact of other transfer programs on the overall pension income of families is significantly lower. Furthermore …

. This also brings to attention the distribution of housing wealth and its impact on wealth and income inequality. We first … halves of the wealth distribution to widen. We then show, that the distribution of rental income and housing wealth can … explain approximately one third of total income and wealth inequality. Finally, we address the distributional effects of …