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Child poverty and changes in child poverty in rich countries since 1990
Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - 2005
This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg … the relative role of income transfers from the state in determining the magnitude and direction of change in child poverty … child poverty, changes in child poverty, and the impact of public policy in North America and Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272015
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Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market: The recent Brazilian experience
Kakwani, Nanak; Neri, Marcelo; Son, Hyun H. - 2009
This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273493
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Do Europe's minimum income schemes provide adequate shelter against the economic crisis and how, if at all, have governments responded?
Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive; Van Mechelen, Natascha - 2011
, social safety nets in Europe remain far below widely accepted poverty thresholds, including the EU's own official measure. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282192
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The impact of tax and transfer systems on children in the European Union
Corak, Miles; Lietz, Christine; Sutherland, Holly - 2005
, 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? …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267303
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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries
Corak, Miles - 2005
poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267535
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Social Policies for a Recovery
Immervoll, Herwig; Llena-Nozal, Ana - 2011
The fallout from the global economic downturn of 2008-09 is a continuing source of stress on families and a constraint on government policies. How can social policies contribute to a quick and equitable recovery from the crisis and how can they best respond to the difficulties that households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331437
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The social policies of emerging economies: Growth and welfare in China and India
de Haan, Arjan - 2013
Social policies play a critical role in the transformation of emerging economies. This paper discusses this with reference to China and India, with their very distinctive public policy approaches. Much of the economics literature either does not pay much attention to social policy or regards it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397192
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The development of long-term care in post-socialist member states of the EU
Golinowska, Stanislawa; Sowa, Agnieszka - 2013
Long-term care (LTC) in the new EU member states, which used to belong to the former socialist countries, is not yet a legally separated sector of social security. However, the ageing dynamics are more intensive in these states than in the old EU member states. This paper analyses the process of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430905
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Pension income inequality: A cohort study in six European countries
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014
This paper is an empirical overview of inequalities of pension outcomes in six European countries, which are shaped by a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and analyses their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335792
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Pension institutions and income inequality across European societies: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2015
affected the income position of high-income pensioners. However, also the structure of public pension benefits had a poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335816