This paper has four main objectives: (1) to monitor the rise of poverty and income inequality during the first decade … of Russian transition; (2 to analyze the performance of the welfare state in reducing poverty and income inequality; (3 … reducing poverty among people in need. This study has also highlighted how the Russian society is now slowly acquiring those …

overview of the development of social inequality in Central and Eastern Europe; and (b) to quantify the change of poverty rates … for leaving poverty, social transfers significantly improve the economic conditions of families in need. Without the …

ones more vulnerable to poverty, income inequality and social exclusion, but are also the ones more likely to live an …

poverty among mothers after childbirth and divorce/separation. The analysis was carried out for twelve EU countries, which …. Countries with low post-childbirth poverty include those with an explicit pro-natalist orientation and socio-democratic regimes …. High post-childbirth poverty rates are found in pro-traditional and South European conservative countries, and especially …

substantially different levels of vulnerability to poverty among population groups facing different risks. In the context of the …