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In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution … system of meanstested income support. -- minimum wage, wage distribution ; working poor ; poverty reduction ; microsimulation …
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Entitlement programs have become an increasing component of total government spending in the US over the last six decades. To some observers, this growth of the welfare state is excessive and unwarranted. To others, it is a welcome counter-acting force to the rapid increase in income inequality....
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This paper regards the incidence of in-work poverty and how it is reduced by the payment of social transfers in 20 … working poor which have mainly described country differences in in-work poverty, this paper focuses on the question of how … such differences can be ex-plained from a broader perspective of poverty research. In general, the results confirm the …
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In Europa bestehen deutliche Unterschiede im Ausmaß und in der Struktur von Armut von Erwerbstätigen. Die vorliegende … Erwerbseinkommen einer Person ausreichend ist, um Armut zu vermeiden. In weiteren Schritten werden der Haushaltskontext (Bedarf und … umfassenden Perspektive ist es möglich zu klären, inwieweit Armut von Erwerbstätigen vor allem am Arbeitsmarkt entsteht oder auf …
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