Demographic trends and the changing ability of households to buffer poverty risks in Germany.

Autor/in	Brülle, Jan
Titel	Demographic trends and the changing ability of households to buffer poverty risks in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Demografische Trends und die sich verändernde Fähigkeit von Haushalten, Armutsrisiken abzufedern.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 32 (2016) 6, S. 766-778Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcw033
Schlagwörter	Familienstruktur; Demografischer Wandel; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Privathaushalt; Arbeitslosigkeit; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit; Qualifikation; Haushaltseinkommen; Allein stehende Frau; Ehepaar; Ehepartner
Abstract	"The article investigates how demographic trends influenced households' abilities to compensate for low or lacking earnings among their members. I focus on the probability that household earnings excluding those of the respondent are above the poverty threshold. The share of households where this is the case declined sharply between 1993 - 1996 and 2009 - 2012, implying a deterioration of households' potential to hedge labour market risks. The growing importance of single-adult households partly explains the decline, but the negative trend is also found for women living with a partner. Increased female labour force participation counterbalances the general trend for men in couple households. A comparison by individual economic status shows that the availability of earnings from other household members decreases more for persons with lower educational levels and the unemployed. Contrary to expectations, the uneven development of the share of single adults between social strata and the increasing correlation of spouses' employment status explain only part of this increasing spread of household resources. Overall, the results underline the importance of changes in household resources for the increase in poverty in Germany overall, as well as for growing disparities between poverty risks by individual employment status and education." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/3