In den letzten Jahren ist die Ungleichheit der individuellen Erwerbseinkommen gestiegen. Dies ging einher mit einer Veränderung der haushaltsspezifischen Erwerbskonstellation und der individuellen Erwerbsbeteiligung (z. B. Minijobs). Insbesondere ist seit 2000 ein steigender Anteil von...

What has happened to incomes, inequality and satisfaction with living standards in the first stage of transition from a communist command economy to a market economy in East Germany? This paper tests six hypotheses about the transition to capitalism. Contrary to expectations, real incomes went...

This report examines how income groups and forms of employment in Germany have changed in the past two decades. Since the mid-1990s, inequality in disposable household income in Germany has generally increased. This trend was in effect until 2005. While fewer people had disposable incomes in the...