new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … in Europe. Indeed, in contrast to the pre-crisis situation and the findings of previous empirical studies, there is … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States …

I address four topics: how our capacities to monitor poverty in Europe have improved substantially over recent decades …

There has not been much progress on the poverty front in Europe over recent decades, at least if we take it as a …, absolute and effective wage floors in Europe over the past decades. We ask whether progress on the poverty front through …

-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour … market shocks. Based on fixed-effects regressions using regional panel data, we find that Europe's migratory response to … measured population changes in Europe were due to migration for employment purposes – i.e. an upper-bound estimate – up to …

, social safety nets in Europe remain far below widely accepted poverty thresholds, including the EU's own official measure. …