This paper compares for 13 Latin American countries the poverty and inequality impacts of cash transfer programs that … to the poor within each population group (that is, poverty targeted transfers). The analysis finds that both the … incidence of poverty and the depth of the poverty gap are important factors affecting the relative effectiveness of categorical …

extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …

extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …

reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated using several measures of poverty for five selected EU … poverty alleviation, the results provide some evidence that extremely centralised systems are more effective with regard to …

investigated countries provide social assistance benefits above the EU near poverty threshold. Social assistance benefit levels …

would focus on financial poverty: people living in households with economic resources below the level used by Eurostat (60 …% of the median in the Member State), with this being accompanied by a measure of child poverty. Social investment in … not a complete substitute for social spending. The European countries which perform best in terms of reducing poverty tend …

, social safety nets in Europe remain far below widely accepted poverty thresholds, including the EU's own official measure. …

, and on the child poverty rate. A static microsimulation model specifically designed for the purposes of comparative fiscal … them? And third, what impact do measures of public resources for children have on child poverty rates? …

developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance …

poverty, covering 21 European countries with a national minimum wage and three US States (New Jersey, Nebraska and Texas). It … or exceed the EU's at-risk-of poverty threshold, set at 60 per cent of median equivalent household income in each country … what minimum wage policies alone can achieve in the fight against in-work poverty. The route of raising minimum wages to …