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Jobs were lost in the hospitality industry in particular.
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The corona pandemic is increasing social inequality in Germany.
This is the result of a study by the union-affiliated Hans Böckler Foundation.
Workers with low incomes, mini-jobbers and temporary workers as well as people with a migration background are more often affected by income losses due to the crisis, according to the study presented on Thursday.
In addition, parents would have to cope with loss of income more often than childless people.
More than 6,000 people were interviewed for the study in April and the end of June.
Around 32 percent of them said they had lost income as a result of the pandemic.
For respondents with a maximum net income of 900 euros, the rate is even 48 percent.
With an income of more than 4500 euros net, it is just under 27 percent.
Poor people are therefore more often affected by income losses.
People with a migration background suffer more often from a loss of income
According to the analysis, respondents with a family history of immigration have lost income almost six percent more often than economically active persons without this background.
Parents would have had to forego income seven percent more often than childless.
Employees in temporary work or mini jobs are around eleven percent more likely to be affected by loss of income than those in permanent jobs.
In contrast, employees who work in companies with a collective agreement and works council have fewer losses.
If access to such protection is restricted for many people, this could have negative consequences for democracy, write the authors of the study.
The respondents burdened by loss of income, for example, assessed the political and social situation in Germany much more critically.
And they were, on average, more receptive to pandemic conspiracy myths.
That is why it is "essential to keep an eye not only on economic but also on the development of social justice when taking further measures to overcome the crisis," the authors demand.
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