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 …

This study set out to understand the poverty risks of single parents in the context of the rise of the dual … to 2010. There were to main findings. The first is that single parents face higher relative income poverty risks (AROP … linked to a higher standard of living in society and therefore a higher poverty threshold that fewer single parents can reach …

Although employment growth is propagated as being crucial to reduce poverty across OECD countries, the actual impact of … employment growth on poverty rates is still unclear. This study presents novel estimates of the impact of macro-level trends in … female labour force participation on trends in poverty, across 15 OECD countries from 1971 to 2013. It does so based on over …

Single-parent families face unique challenges when it comes to in-work poverty. Without a second caregiver and earner … employment and gendered wage inequality, single-parent families face a high risk to experience poverty even when they are working …. This chapter presents empirical evidence on in-work poverty and inadequate wages in the policy context of 18 OECD countries …

. A review of the literature demonstrates that such an analysis needs to explicitly recognize that gender, poverty and … were to have their own income. The period from 2000 to 2010/2014 saw increasing rates of own incomes as well as women … income of their own, relative poverty rates are lower. The comparative analyses, combined with a review of the literature …