rising employment on relative income poverty. This method has serious limitations. We propose a more sophisticated simulation …At the European level and in most EU member states, higher employment levels are seen as key to better poverty outcomes … impact on relative income poverty of moving towards the Europe 2020 target of 75 percent of the working aged population in …

Recent studies find in-work poverty to be a pan-European phenomenon. Yet in-work poverty has come to the fore as a … alleviating poverty among workers, both the policy options and constraints facing Continental European policymakers are … emulated elsewhere. We present micro-simulation derived results for Belgium to illustrate some of these points. Policy options …

poverty, taking a comparative perspective across the EU15. The extent to which part-time work is associated with poverty … problematic although an increased poverty risk is not confined to that segment of part-time work. Part-time work for care reasons … also carries a higher poverty risk in some countries. It is most problematic in countries where demand and supply side …

- on poverty in Pakistan using a CGE framework. It is found that tariff reduction in the absence of a decline in … remittances reduces poverty, as measured by the head count, poverty gap, and severity ratios (FGT indicators) in both the rural … year. According to all FGT indicators, poverty increases in urban households but not in rural households. The combined …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …

employment has potential negative effects on both sustainable inclusive development and poverty reduction. In this paper, we …

This edition is devoted to the issue of poverty. Growth of prosperity is not distributed evenly among the Polish … of poverty in general. However, in case the risk occurs, efficient and effective support measures should be provided …. First part of the report defines poverty, and explains the extent of the connection with such phenomena as economic …

-Open Unemployment SOU), and Lack of Adequate Returns from jobs (incidence of poverty among more or less regular workers or Non …

raised concerning the continued importance of manufacturing for economic development, catch up and poverty reduction in … of economic development: growth, employment creation and poverty reduction. The main question addressed in this report is … alleviation of poverty in the least developed economies and in emerging middle-income countries. This report argues that …