poverty, examining alternative income poverty and consumption poverty, which have conceptual and empirical advantages as … measures of the well-being of the poor. We find that both income and consumption poverty are sensitive to macroeconomic … conditions. A one percentage point increase in unemployment is associated with an increase in the after-tax income poverty rate …

poverty, examining alternative income poverty and consumption poverty, which have conceptual and empirical advantages as … measures of the well-being of the poor. We find that both income and consumption poverty are sensitive to macroeconomic … conditions. A one percentage point increase in unemployment is associated with an increase in the after-tax income poverty rate …

as the labour market tightens. When the local unemployment rate is high, young adults from a disadvantaged background are …

as the labour market tightens. When the local unemployment rate is high, young adults from adisadvantaged background are …

This paper sheds new light on the interactions between business cycles and the consumption distribution. We use … Consumer Expenditure Survey data and a factor model to characterize the cyclical dynamics of the consumption distribution. We … first establish that our approach is able to closely match business cycle fluctuations of consumption from the National …

The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes - such as unemployment insurance and …

different income and consumption measures of poverty, and consider explanations for the differences in trends. We document sharp … differences, particularly in recent years, between different income poverty measures, and between income and consumption poverty … and transfers has a substantial effect on poverty rate changes over the past two decades. Furthermore, consumption poverty …

different income and consumption measures of poverty, and consider explanations for the differences in trends. We document sharp … differences, particularly in recent years, between different income poverty measures, and between income and consumption poverty … and transfers has a substantial effect on poverty rate changes over the past two decades. Furthermore, consumption poverty …

different income and consumption measures of poverty, and consider explanations for the differences in trends. We document sharp … differences, particularly in recent years, between different income poverty measures, and between income and consumption poverty … and transfers has a substantial effect on poverty rate changes over the past two decades. Furthermore, consumption poverty …