The Erosion of the German Middle Class

Gerhard Bosch () and Thorsten Kalina ()
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Gerhard Bosch: Universität Duisburg-Essen
Thorsten Kalina: Universität Duisburg-Essen

Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2016, vol. 51, issue 2, 73-77

Abstract: Abstract Since the mid-1990s, income inequality has increased more sharply in Germany than in many other European countries, as the economic basis of middle-class prosperity and security has crumbled. The new minimum wage, an increase in coverage by collective agreements, the re-regulation of atypical employment forms and the elimination of incentives to take marginal, part-time jobs are the keys to strengthening the middle-income groups in Germany.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s10272-016-0580-4

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