We examine the poverty rates and the income configurations among Japan and the LIS countries. The LIS countries are … decreasing recently in Japan. In Japan and Taiwan even in households cohabiting with children, the poverty rates and income … configurations differ depending on the marital status of the children. Poverty rates are higher in case of cohabiting with unmarried …

that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and …-wage earners would make inroads into poverty and inequality while encouraging formal work. This paper accompanies and extends the …

New IEA research finds a market-oriented anti-poverty policy could lead to families being £750 a month better … regarded as having a pro-poor agenda. The current poverty lobby, however, is focused entirely on government benefits as the … solution to poverty and very rarely addresses government interventions that raise living costs. By way of example, when the …