Whether economic growth or social policy does more to benefit the poor is the subject of longstanding interest and debate. I examine the experiences of the world's affluent countries during a period of two and a half decades for which reliable comparative data are available. Over this period,...

In-work poverty became a prominent policy issue in the United States long before the term itself acquired any meaning and relevance in other industrialized countries. With America's embrace of an employment-centered antipoverty strategy, the working poor have become even more of an issue. This...