poverty among mothers after childbirth and divorce/separation. The analysis was carried out for twelve EU countries, which …. Countries with low post-childbirth poverty include those with an explicit pro-natalist orientation and socio-democratic regimes …. High post-childbirth poverty rates are found in pro-traditional and South European conservative countries, and especially …

The social benefit of debt counseling is undoubted. Those seeking advice are empowered to claim their consumer rights … national budget. It also benefits creditors financially by avoiding private insolvency. In order to strengthen debt counselors …, clear and immediate political action is required. One step should be the introduction of a legal right to debt counselling …

The social benefit of debt counseling is undoubted. Those seeking advice are empowered to claim their consumer rights … national budget. It also benefits creditors financially by avoiding private insolvency. In order to strengthen debt counselors …, clear and immediate political action is required. One step should be the introduction of a legal right to debt counselling …

The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … the population. It derives the implications of a between-type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for the … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in …

techniques for fuel poverty measurement. Based on household data from Germany, figures that would result from different fuel …Fuel poverty measurement consists of two independent parts: firstly, the definition of an adequate fuel poverty line …, and secondly, techniques to measure fuel poverty. This paper reviews options for the definition of fuel poverty lines and …

poverty lines as well as techniques for fuel poverty measurement. Based on household data from Germany, figures that would …Fuel poverty may become an increasingly severe problem in developed countries in cases when real prices for fossil … fuels increase at high rates or when real energy prices increase due to policies for greenhouse gas abatement. Fuel poverty …

Income inequality and poverty risks receive a lot of attention in public debates and current research. However, the … things, our results indicate that poverty risks for households with children - especially for single parents - are … population at poverty risk. …

This paper applies the Alkire and Foster (2011) index of multidimensional poverty to German data. This is done with … respect to the politically most important dimensions of poverty mentioned in the German federal government's report on poverty …