Changes in household structures and employment patterns alter the balance between households with an above- versus a … below-average poverty risk while also affecting relative income poverty thresholds. Examining eleven countries for which … household composition and employment exhibited some common features but also very substantial variation. The share of single …

The crisis has deepened pre-existing concerns regarding low-wage and non-standard employment. Countries where … unemployment increased most strongly during the crisis period also saw part-time employment increasing, particularly involuntary … part-time work. With involuntary part-time workers, as a particular group of underemployed, facing especially high poverty …