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Press release No. N 051 of 11 August 2022 International Youth Day: half of the 15 to 24 year olds mainly lived on the income of family members in 2021
Looking at how young people live often leads to the question how they make their living. The fact that most of the 15 to 24 year olds are still in school, university or training has an impact on their financial situation. To mark the International …
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Press release No. N 054 of 15 September 2021 68% of the persons in employment went to work by car in 2020
For millions of commuters, the car is the most popular means of transport. In 2020, 68% of them indicated that they usually take the car to go to work. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The users of public transport such …
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Press release No. N 041 of 24 June 2021 Proportion of people of retirement age continuing to work doubled in ten years
The retirement age of people in employment has been continuously raised. As of 2012 the retirement age is gradually increasing from 65 to 67 years until 2031. Most recently, a subsequent rise to 68 has been under discussion. Even today, the number of …
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Press release No. N 026 of 30 April 2021 9.7% of all people in full-time employment worked more than 48 hours per week in 2019
The debate on blurred boundaries between work and personal life has gained momentum during the coronavirus pandemic. Even before the beginning of the pandemic, it was not an unusual phenomenon that employees in Germany worked excessive hours. To mark …
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Press release No. N 008 of 28 January 2021 3.1 million persons in employment at risk of poverty in Germany in 2019
Many persons in employment have incurred severe income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, for example because of short-time work. Even before the crisis, employment did not protect all persons in employment from the risk of poverty. The Federal …
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Date: July 12, 2019 Arbeitsmarkt auf einen Blick: Deutschland und Europa 2018
This brochure of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany represents the German labour market and compares it to the situation in the other Member States of the European Union (EU).