conditions of the elderly which can help targeting resources in the coming years to the more needy groups. Children are another … potentially vulnerable group of the population: their poverty can affect human capital accumulation and have long lasting effects … document that the poverty rates of these two age groups with respect to the other components of the population differ …

children. Pensions are generally neglected in analyses on child poverty, but are relevant through the presence of two …We assess the impact of redistributive policy on child poverty across 29 European welfare states, using EU SILC 2005 …, partially offsetting, forces. Increased pension spending weakens the relative income position of children, but pensions also …

Child poverty increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 alone, the number of children suffering from … poverty and mitigate the long-term impact of poverty. Reducing the number of children affected by poverty can be achieved by … poverty in the EU increased by 19 percent, or close to 1 million. Left unaddressed, this would not only affect individuals …

developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance …

reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated using several measures of poverty for five selected EU … poverty alleviation, the results provide some evidence that extremely centralised systems are more effective with regard to …

developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance …

Minimum Income (MI) schemes are essential to alleviate poverty and guarantee a last-resort safety net to households … with insufficient resources. Assessing the effectiveness of MI schemes in poverty reduction is challenging. Studies based … their degree of coverage and adequacy, their poverty-alleviating effects and their overall cost. Finally, we explore the …