inequality, institutions, and economic and infrastructure policies can influence welfare and political stability. Chapter 2 … development. Chapters 5 and 6 contribute to the debate on the effect of political and fiscal institutions on budgeting …

redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty … unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance …

the prevalence of negative and zero incomes, and their implications for inequality and poverty measurement relying on 57 … and zero incomes and assesses the distributional impacts of alternative correction methods on poverty and inequality … materially deprived. Adjusting poverty and inequality measures for these findings can alter these measures significantly. …

the prevalence of negative and zero incomes, and their implications for inequality and poverty measurement relying on 57 … and zero incomes and assesses the distributional impacts of alternative correction methods on poverty and inequality … materially deprived. Adjusting poverty and inequality measures for these findings can alter these measures significantly. …

terms of poverty reduction. It also shows that the patterns of income convergence across member states differ across …

. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and … labour markets. Moreover, the paper highlights the knowledge gaps with regard to the longer-term and gender-specific welfare …

stagnated or even decreased in the interim periods. The proportion of people at risk of poverty has recently become greater … again. Gainful employment still provides the most effective protection against income poverty, but more and more employed … childless coupled households - this could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …

proportion of people at risk of poverty has also recently increased. Gainful employment still provides the most effective … protection against income poverty, but more and more employed persons are at risk of becoming poor. Containment of the low wage … could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …

remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …