multidimensional approaches to poverty and social exclusion, increasing concerns about reliance on nationally based income poverty …. Contrary to the situation with national income poverty measures, levels of economic vulnerability vary systematically across … experience of poverty and social exclusion in an enlarged European Union. The most effective strategy may be to take more …

based income poverty measures in the context of EU-enlargement, the relative merits of one dimensional versus … multidimensional approaches to poverty and social exclusion and the continuing relevance of class based explanations of life chances …. Identifying economically vulnerable groups we find that, contrary to the situation with national income poverty measures, levels …

, encompassing employment, innovation, education, poverty and social inclusion, and climate/energy. An overarching goal of the Europe … each of the EU Member States. The European council used three measures of poverty and social exclusion: at risk of poverty … rate, a measure of relative poverty defined as the percent of the population with incomes less than 60 percent of the …

countries, as well as the existence of the highest in-work poverty risk in EU emphasizes the need to accelerate productivity …