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 …

This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty …

ication of a poverty line or particular poverty measures . The paper introduces three alternative principles of targeting …

There is a wide agreement among poverty research community that conventional estimates of poverty (i.e., money … overestimate total household expenditure, which results in an underestimation of poverty measured in terms of household expenditure … poverty and child poverty estimates in five middle-income countries (India, Mexico, South Africa, Russian Federation and Peru …

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 …

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 …

The goal of the welfare state is the redistribution of income in order to reduce poverty and reduce inequality. Income … inequality and relative poverty are often cited as major policy concerns, and are tracked by economists. Economists and policy … makers also value measures of absolute poverty as it more closely tracks the actual well being of the poor. Some studies have …