Papers. Based on those presented at the conference.
Introduction / R. Hauser, I. Becker --;The development of the distribution of income and wealth in Germany --;an overview / R. Hauser --;Income redistribution: tax-financed versus contribution-financed components / I. Becker --;A comparison of the main household income surveys for Germany: EVS and SOEP / I. Becker, J.R. Frick, M.M. Grabka, R. Hauser, P. Krause, G.G. Wagner --;Resources, standard of living and Lebenslagen --;and what does all this have to do with poverty? / H.-J. Andre --;A conceptual framework for recording extreme poverty / M. Ludwig, U. Neumann --;The poverty and wealth report and the National Action Plan (NAPIncl): mutual co-ordination and prospects / P. Semrau, U. Mllenmeister-Faust --;The case of Great Britain: monitoring poverty and social exclusion / J. Hills --;Measuring and targeting poverty in Ireland / B. Nolan --;Developing comparable indicators for monitoring social inclusion in the European Union / A.B. Atkinson.
Richard Hauser Irene Becker Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, FrankfurtlMain This volume marks the end of a research project of the editors titled "The Devel- opment of the Personal Distribution of Income in Germany" that was financed by the Hans Bockler Foundation from 1994 to 2001.