Nach den Ergebnissen des ersten Armuts- und Reichtumsberichts der Bundesregierung ist das Armutsrisiko von Kindern unter 18 Jahren wesentlich höher als das anderer Altersgruppen. Um die überdurchschnittliche hohe Sozialhilfequote von Kindern zu senken, regten Bündnis 90/Die Grünen im...

This paper examines the likely impact of Universal Credit on the incomes and work incentives of single parent families. Using the UK module of EUROMOD (version F6.20), we also simulate how single parents' household income, and their work incentives, would change following adjustments to the...

How can poverty reduction be improved and at what cost? Available evidence suggests that social investment strategies and employment policies are important but not sufficient. In order to reduce the number of people below the relative at-risk-of-poverty threshold of the EU, countries must...