Substantial cross-national differences in poverty alleviation are well documented, but theextent to which different …-targeted provisions and means-tested benefits reduce relative economic poverty in different institutional settings. It is shown that the … poverty alleviation across countries. The study also presents a new method for estimating the anti-poverty effects of separate …

Although the poverty rates among solo mothers vary a lot between countries there is one common feature: solo mothers … perform worse in terms of financial resources compared to married or cohabiting mothers. Even in countries with low poverty …. It is interesting to ask the question why? Again referring to a cross national setting we see that poverty rates vary …

hand, poverty increased in absolute terms. In contrast in the following years of rapid economic growth, the growth in the … income of the pensioners fell behind that of workers and relative poverty increased. The analysis shows that the limited … resources of many of the elderly put them close to a socially interesting poverty line. Income inequality among the elderly has …