Reporting on Income Distribution and Poverty : Perspectives from a German and a European Point of View

The Development of the Distribution of Income and Wealth in Germany - an Overview.- Income Redistribution: Tax-Financed Versus Contribution-Financed Components.- A Comparison of the Main Household Income Surveys for Germany: EVS and SOEP.- Resources, Standard of Living and Lebenslagen - And What Does All This Have To Do With Poverty?.- A Conceptual Framework for Recording Extreme Poverty.- The Poverty and Wealth Report and the National Action Plan (NAPIncl): Mutual Co-ordination and Prospects.- The Case of Great Britain: Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion.- Measuring and Targeting Poverty in Ireland.- Developing Comparable Indicators for Monitoring Social Inclusion in the European Union.