Income inequality and poverty in front of and during the economic crisis - An empirical investigation for Germany 2002-2010

No 255, Working Papers from ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

Abstract: Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for Germany in front of and during the economic crisis 2008-2010. This comprises binary logistic regressions where it is tested whether a person is belonging to a certain income region or not. The units of analysis are differentiated by residential status, nationality, sex, age, household size/household type, employment status, etc. For instance, the likelihood of unemployed persons for being located in the low-income region weakly increased between 2007 and 2009. Those microeconomic calculations are correlated with the macroeconomic variables economic growth, inflation, and general unemployment. At the peak of the crisis – in 2009 – inequality dropped, and it increased afterwards. Poverty was not affected very much by economic developments during the crisis but at least an in-crease of persons, who stayed within the poverty region, occurred between 2008 and 2009 (compared with 2007/2008).

Keywords: Personal income distribution; welfare; inequality; poverty; economic crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 D31 D60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2012-05
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