While all nations value low poverty, high levels of economic self-reliance, and equality of opportunity for younger … self-reliance (earned incomes), family support, and government support to avoid poverty. This paper is designed to examine … these differences in greater detail. We begin by reviewing international concepts and measures of poverty, as they relate to …

systems. As rational decision-makers we would plan a society where the incidence of poverty is low, differences in the level … poverty to non-poverty is high, and where the living standard of the poor is decent. The results show that income mobility is … poverty rates are not associated with more rapid income mobility and higher standards for the poor. …

In the first section of the study, we analyze the cross-sectional relationship between poverty rates and the income … level of the poor. Thereafter, we take a close look at changes in time: how poverty and 'richness' rates and changes in the …

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 …

policies on their poverty levels. Specifically, the paper conducts multi-level regression analyses across 18 OECD countries … decrease in poverty levels among the low skilled. The negative effect of passive labor market policies (PLMP) on poverty is … only significant for the older male group. Family policies are related to a reduction in poverty for both low-skilled young …