Most of the available comparative empirical evidence on levels and trends in income inequalities and poverty in OECD … picture of the impact of overall housing policies on inequality and poverty, as some countries use different policies to help … population and how they help to combat poverty. Finally, in a case study for Germany, we compare cash and in-kind social benefits …

This paper examines the extent to which tax and benefit policy changes introduced in the period 2001-11 had a poverty … a difference to poverty reduction since the Lisbon Treaty, given the general lack of improvement shown by poverty … effective in alleviating poverty and inequality than changes to the structure of policies. In fact, most of the structural …