In this study, we examined to what extent family policies differently affect poverty among single-parent households and …, family policies reduced poverty to a greater extent among single-parent households. Paid leave more effectively facilitated … the employment of single parents, thereby reducing their poverty more than among two-parent households. Family allowances …

contributions LIS data and researchers have made in the comparative study of subnational poverty and income inequality. Finally, we … conclude with a brief presentation of the most recent poverty rates for German Länder and Italian Regions derived from the LIS …

The term "family gap" refers to differences in income between households with children and households without children …

young children. A combination of income growth and nutrition interventions are therefore suggested to adequately tackle this …

dramatic decline in poverty. Over the same period, child malnutrition rates in Vietnam, as measured by low height for age in … children under 5, fell from 50 percent in 1992-93 to 34 percent in 1997-98. Disparities exist, however, between different … investigate whether this causal hypothesis is true by estimating the impact of household income growth on children's nutritional …