Poverty rates of women are usually not or only slightly higher than those of men. Thus the statement "poverty is female" cannot be confirmed empirically. This is at least the case if the typical poverty measures are used. Nevertheless gender inequalities and low pay of women are a main source of...

The focus of the paper is a theoretical discussion of welfare measurement on a micro level and of identification of poverty. The theoretical ideas will be illustrated by a description of empirical measures that were used in research on poverty and distribution and examples based on the European...

A substantial share of the poor in European Countries are employed. That will be shown on the basis of the European Community Household Panel. Since working poor have an own income, already a partial basic income could be a means for fighting poverty of workers. I will introduce the proposal...