comparative effects of cash transfers on inequality and poverty, using consistent household data. The analysis shows that the …

The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where the subsidiary role of the State … family allowances, non-contributory child benefits and tax credits or allowances) on child poverty in Greece, Italy, Spain …

The paper analyzes the effects of individual and household characteristics on current poverty status, while controlling … for initial conditions, past poverty status and unobserved heterogeneity in 14 European Countries for the period 1994 … very important policy implications, since if the former is the main cause of poverty it is of paramount importance to break …

We analyze poverty dynamics in Europe for the periods 1994‐2001 and 2005‐2008 using, respectively, the data of the ECHP … and the EU‐SILC. We focus on poverty profiles depicting poverty duration, recurrence and persistence and, then, on the … trigger events (income, demographic, labour market) associated with movements into and out of poverty, using a modified …

effect of the crisis on the population shares, the mean incomes and the level of poverty of various population groups using … “anchored” poverty lines and distribution-sensitive poverty indices are employed the level of poverty rises to incredibly high … levels. When the poverty lines used are “relative”, the poverty rate does not change substantially but when distribution …

examines in detail their distributional impact and finds that they led to increases in inequality and (relative) poverty. The … distribution and poverty indices that are sensitive to the distribution of income among the poor. …

effect of the crisis on the population shares, the mean incomes and the level of poverty of various population groups using … "anchored" poverty lines and distribution-sensitive poverty indices are employed the level of poverty rises to incredibly high … levels. When the poverty lines used are "relative", the poverty rate does not change substantially but when distribution …

examines in detail their distributional impact and finds that they led to increases in inequality and (relative) poverty. The … distribution and poverty indices that are sensitive to the distribution of income among the poor. …