reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated using several measures of poverty for five selected EU … poverty alleviation, the results provide some evidence that extremely centralised systems are more effective with regard to …

The standard poverty lines applied in empirical research tend to be problematic in terms of validity, reliability, ease … related to actual differences in the 'production of poverty' in 11 countries, as measured by the generalised budget approach … substantially higher degree of poverty than representatives of the corporatist type (Belgium, Germany, France). Poverty in the …

, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest …) poverty rates are much higher than in the Netherlands (universal minimum pension). Poverty rates are higher for elderly women … inequality in income is higher for men than for women both in Belgium and in the Netherlands. In order to minimize poverty and …

What institutional configurations influence fertility patterns across countries? While family policies feature … the two. Housing further influences fertility by shaping transition decisions into parenthood, which in turn alter … fertility behavior. This article provides the logic and empirical evidence linking housing to fertility both directly and …

facts about the correlation of fertility and income and on the income situation of families in order to provide a sound … order to measure the relevance of the economic situation for the fertility decision. The paper is organised as follows … Income Study (LIS), the study analyses the correlation between income and fertility. Next an investigation of the economic …

. Already in 1979, Butz and Ward demonstrated a negative correlation between the fertility and workforce participation of women … employment and fertility of men, researchers believed that women with higher wages had fewer children than women with lower wages …. Recent studies, however, indicate the opposite. They show a positive correlation between fertility and labour force …

conditions. The degree of marital sorting, wage inequality, and fertility dierentials are positively correlated across steady …