This paper seeks to disaggregate concerns about energy security within the wider European neighborhood from the nation …-state to the household, and particularly to poor households in the transition and developing economies of the former Soviet … Union. It argues that two decades of under-investment in Soviet-era energy, water, and communal service infrastructures …

This article describes the concept of population at risk of poverty or social exclusion that is used to quantify the … poverty in Spain has evolved. It also examines the factors that have contributed to poverty levels in Spain still being above … the definition are identified that suggest that the concept of economic poverty should be addressed from several …

reducing inequality by creating equal opportunities for people and invest in education and training. Inclusive growth … for local and national governments. Socio-economic segregation is the outcome of a combination of inequality and poverty …, and the spatial organisation of urban housing markets. Poverty, and living in poverty concentration neighbourhoods is …

reducing inequality by creating equal opportunities for people and invest in education and training. Inclusive growth … for local and national governments. Socio-economic segregation is the outcome of a combination of inequality and poverty …, and the spatial organisation of urban housing markets. Poverty, and living in poverty concentration neighbourhoods is …

In this paper we assess the impact of both the highways network and the degree of regulation in the road freight sector … industry productivity: in particular, we find a non-linear effect of deregulation, which seems to be more effective when the … process starts from an already more deregulated environment. Our results suggest that policymakers should consider …

consumer, a feature it shares with the electricity market. However, gas also has the specific feature of being a primary energy …

long term income poverty (longitudinal poverty) in 22 EU countries for the period 2005-2008, using the longitudinal …) longitudinal poverty. The results reveal considerable differences across EU countries regarding both the level and the structure of … the population at high risk of chronic material deprivation and longitudinal poverty. Finally, each country's population …

policymakers' decisions towards manipulating the ‘picture' of fuel poverty rather than maximising welfare improvements … assessments identifying the fuel poverty interventions which deliver the greatest welfare increases for a given cost offer a …This paper provides a pan-EU mapping of energy affordability using energy expenditure shares for the first time. Large …

Dual or multiple earnership has been considered an important factor to prevent in-work poverty. The aim of this paper … is to quantify the impact of second earnership on the risk of in-work poverty and the role of the tax-benefit systems in … in preventing in-work poverty. This is done by simulating a counterfactual scenario where second earners become …