trends of poverty and inequality in Indonesia with a particular focus on the decentralisation period from 2001 to 2010.The … estimates of growth and inequality elasticity of poverty suggest that this rising inequality has been offsetting the positive … reduction of poverty over the past three decades, particularly prior to the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis. After the crisis …

Reducing poverty remains an important challenge, and the COVID-19-crisis may further reinforce social vulnerabilities …. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … particularly affected. A comprehensive approach is required to ensure an effective transition out of poverty and social exclusion …

a slight reduction of inequality). The work tries to show the relationship between both economic variables, as well as …

Minimum wage increases are not an effective mechanism for reducing poverty. And there is little causal evidence that … to reduce poverty. It raises only the after-tax wage rates of workers in low- and moderate-income families, its tax …

Which groups have particularly low pension entitlements and are therefore most at risk of poverty in old age …, unemployment, raising children or caring for relatives, all of which result in low pensions. Those who are most at risk of poverty …. In other words, those impoverished while young are most likely to remain impoverished into old age. Poverty among the …

This paper analyses the key trends in child poverty in Britain, with particular focus on changes since the late 1990s … families with children have stagnated or declined: further reductions in the headline relative income poverty measure since the … additional reductions in child poverty that are in theory legally required under the Child Poverty Act, in light of the heavy …

Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the debate is the …

Reducing poverty and social exclusion is an important objective for all French governments. Even though conventionally … measured poverty is in fact lower than in most other countries, it is still higher than can be easily accepted. The current … resources. Concentrations of poverty and social exclusion in certain geographic areas and among certain groups of the population …

Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which … comparison with OECD countries, but it is not strongly enforced. Poverty among pensioners is set to fall in the future with the …

Income inequality and relative poverty among the working-age population in Japan have risen to levels above the OECD … inequality and poverty is weak compared to other OECD countries and inadequate to offset the deterioration in market income. The … inequality and poverty requires reforms to reduce labour market dualism and better target social spending on low …