In this paper, we claim that children are in danger of social exclusion both in Italy and in Spain since social … neither the Lorenz-consistent inequality indices nor the measures of poverty are suited to this task. We look for the causes …

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 …

, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. This research is based on the notion that there are 'concentration effects' of poverty …This paper examines the relationship between regional or 'contextual' poverty, income inequality and unemployment and … economic participation (see Wilson, 1987; Cohen and Dawson, 1993). In exploring this connection, I construct regional poverty …

This paper compares poverty in the U.K. with 19 other countries. It is of particular interest because it uses the third …. The main finding of this paper is that the overall pre-transfer poverty rate for the U.K. is the fifth highest our of the … security benefits is to reduce the poverty rate but leaves the U.K. with the third highest, next only to the U.S. and Russia …

countries studied differ in the trends observed in aggregate income, poverty, polarization and income inequality. In the USA and … intermediate case. Poverty trends are extremely sensitive to the distribution of the gains from growth - if only 10% of the income … gains of the top decile of the UK and the USA had been transferred to the bottom decile, poverty in both countries in 1994 …

Comparative research of poverty, income inequality and the effectiveness of income transfer systems has flourished … poverty and income inequality with a special emphasis on their stability. We studied trends of poverty and income inequality … between 1980 and 1995 in nine countries representing three different ideal types of social policy. The differences in poverty …

. Using data on eight advanced economies (Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and United …

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 …