Translation from German into English by Biennale Artist de willem lloyd | lloydguillaumegroup TELEPOLIS - Publication - Quote : Data Report 2013 reveals the whitewashing of the outgoing government Silvio Duwe 27/11/2013 Poverty and inequality rising - as a consequence the participation of citizens in political life decreases The still -executive reigning black - yellow government she wore like a monstrance before him : the claim that Germany and the people would no longer as good as a long time - after all, was it the most successful government since reunification as the Chancellor and their troops were to emphasize not tired. After all, the number of employed persons was climbed to record levels . But a look in the Data Report 2013 , by the Federal Agency for Civic Education , the Federal Statistical Office () , the Science Research Center Berlin (WZB ) and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW ) have created together , exposes the black-yellow success stories as whitewashing . The truth is: The number of employed persons was in 2012 as high as at any time since reunification. 41.5 million people have investigated this year in the Federal Republic of paid work . For taken this news sounds good - as long as no further inquires . After a glance at the number of hours worked raises questions . A total of 57.97 billion hours have done in 2012, all persons in employment . But in 1991 there were 2.11 billion work hours more . The reasons are obvious - part-time and precarious forms of work, most of which are also not exercised in full-time , have been gained massively since 1991. On average , an employee works 2012 10 percent fewer hours per year than in 1991. However, many professionals have their working hours reduced voluntarily : 3.3 million employees consider themselves to be underemployed , so would like to work more hours per week . The proportion of underemployed persons in the workforce is thus good 2.4 percent. In addition, 1.1 million people in the hidden reserve which, although not engage in any gainful employment, but this would be like - and are still not counted as unemployed . Precarious contracts are on the labor market continues to be important . While in 2012 approximately 24.2 million people were permanently employed in a full-time job . However, more than one in five employed persons is located in a non-standard employment relationship . For those concerned , this means they have to as contract workers , temporary workers or MiniJobber earn their livelihood - and can often due to the uncertain employment planning difficult for the future. The proportion of atypical workers has stagnated since 2006 at the current level after it has still been comparatively low 13 percent in 1993. Even with the labor income it does not go for all up . This can be seen even at the 50 percent of workers whose pay was determined by a collective agreement. Thus, the tariff wages rose 2005-2012 by an average of 16 percent , while inflation stood at only 12.5 percent. A real wage increase but there was especially for workers in the energy , chemical industry, metal industry and mechanical engineering. There, the tariff wages rose by over 20 percent. Below inflation wage increases , however, were in the retail trade, building support as well as gardening and landscaping - especially in industries with already low pay the workers have thus lost real purchasing power . The percentage of employees who receive a merit below the low-wage threshold of 10.36 per hour is high : one-fifth living on a low wage . It affects almost half of all atypical workers , but also 11 percent of those who have a regular full-time position . In particular, young people have to cope with a low wage - in the age group 15 to 24 , more than half . A risk for low wages also provide temporary employment dar. Frequent job changes and possible breaks in the course of employment lead to loss of earnings , according to the authors of the report. However, even if the total number of 4.8 million low-wage workers in Germany seems high - completely , it forms the reality not from . The reason : companies with fewer than ten employees , but also the agriculture and forestry as well as employees in private households are not even considered in the investigation. The real figure is therefore unlikely to be even bigger. Slight rise according to the report , the proportion of those who are considered at risk of poverty , which purpose be just numbers until 2010. Thus, the poverty rate was after payment of benefits in 2009 at 15.6 percent - in 2010 it had increased to 15.8 . The most common of poverty vulnerable areas are 18 to 24 years, women with a rate of 21.8 percent (2009: 21.7 ) . The lowest the rate has , however, in men aged 65 to 12 per cent ( 2009: 12.1 ) . Also living alone have a high risk of poverty from 32.2 percent (2009: 30.0 ) - regardless of their gender. The distance to the threshold at which one person is no longer considered at risk of poverty has increased for most sufferers . 2009 was the so-called poverty gap in average at 20.7 percent. A year later she was already grown to 21.4 percent. Especially big it is 25.3 percent in men between 18 and 64 years (2009: 23.7 ) . The statistics show : poverty in Germany is increasing not only easy, but solidifies in those affected . The jump out of poverty is larger and thus more difficult to achieve (see also : Inequality between rich and poor is increasing, social mobility is always lower). Poverty solidifies The result of the growing poverty is deprivation : 27 percent of people at risk of poverty stated , not being able to afford a meal with meat in 2011 , poultry or fish , or an equivalent vegetarian meal every other day. A third of them considered the cost of housing as a major burden , nearly 17 percent can not afford the apartment to heat adequately . Self- three percent of non -poor vulnerable populations must compromising on heating for financial reasons. The gap between rich and poor, as the report notes , has further opened. In 2000, the poorest fifth of the population still had ten percent of the total income . In 2011 there were only nine percent. Grown on the other hand , the share of total income , which the top fifth could unite itself - from 35 to 37 percent. In this case , the researchers conclude , has the risk to remain in the lowest fifth of income earners increased significantly : in the 1990s it was still at 54 percent , for the period 2007 to 2011 it has risen to 64 percent. At the same time the opportunity has increased for those who made it to the top fifth to stay there as well - from 61.8 to 68.1 percent. The fact that poverty continued to strengthen , also affect the policy in the Federal Republic might have . So BpB President Thomas Krüger suspected on the basis of the statistics of the data reports that with increasing risk of poverty also decreases the participation of citizens in political decisions. This would explain why the Union despite the serious situation that emerges from the data report 2013 continues with impunity the tale can tell from the excellent location, the Germans are located, are the voters - those who report from personal experience to the contrary could have retired , resigned.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:05:19 +0000
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