economic exclusion of immigrants, conceptualized not as labor market outcomes but as relative poverty. This study examines the … relationship between welfare generosity and immigrant poverty across rich western democracies and compares this relationship with … that of native poverty. One publicly held belief is that immigrants disproportionately benefit from welfare generosity …

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

Most welfare states design their tax/benefit system to combat income poverty. Some countries are more effective in … poverty alleviation than others. What can explain these variations in outcomes and effectiveness? And has the redistributive … transfers and income taxes in alleviating poverty. We focus on 49 LIS-countries for the period 1967-2016. We compare relative …

social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme … average share of household income from welfare transfers), low-income targeting, and universalism - and poverty and … developed and developing countries. Consistent with Korpi and Palme, we show: a) poverty is negatively associated with the …

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 …

The paper documents child poverty levels and trends using both relative ('deep') and absolute ('extreme') measures in … different components of household income and other resources on child deep-poverty rates to examine the role of the market and … poverty reduction. Overall, middle-income nations have witnessed continuous reductions in their extreme child poverty rates …