their consumption from specific economic shocks and fluctuations in their real income. Building on the recent literature of … household consumption covaries with the growth rate of household income. All the cases studies show that food consumption is … mechanism for partially insuring ex-post the consumption of food from the effects of income changes. Food consumption is also …

tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …