We propose a framework for comparing the relationship between poverty and personal characteristics across countries (or … across years), and use it to compare levels and patterns of relative poverty in the USA, Great Britain and Germany during the … 1990s. The higher aggregate poverty rates in the USA and in Britain relative to Germany were mostly accounted for by higher …

There is a large variation across countries of origin in the gender composition of migrants coming to Germany. We argue … powerful push factor. We find corroborating evidence in our analysis of the gender composition of migration to Germany over the …

There is large variation across countries of origin in the gender composition of migrants coming to Germany. We argue … powerful push factor. We find corroborating evidence in our analysis of the gender composition of migration to Germany over the …