In this study, we examined to what extent family policies differently affect poverty among single-parent households and …, family policies reduced poverty to a greater extent among single-parent households. Paid leave more effectively facilitated … the employment of single parents, thereby reducing their poverty more than among two-parent households. Family allowances …

prevalence of bride price. Compared to women who experienced the same shock but lived in a province where bride price is … with a negative income shock. In addition, marriages precipitated by negative income shocks may present specific features … infrequent, such women are also more likely to give birth to their first child before 18 and for those who married religiously …

, have the potential to fully absorb the labor income shock for the poorest 40 percent and reduce poverty. Yet, these results … equilibrium growth model, shows that over 30 million workers in Brazil may see significant reductions in their labor income in … unemployment insurance system, reduces the income shock to 5.3 percent. Even so, an additional 8.4 million Brazilians could fall …

positive average effects on employment, earnings, and income, and generally negative effects on poverty rates, although the … reform. -- Welfare reform ; Poverty ; Single mothers …

. Poverty, as measured by the at risk of poverty (AROP) rate, would increase significantly, even in presence of policy measures … (+1.7pp), although this result depend on whether we anchor the poverty line to its pre-crisis level. When doing so, the … impact of the COVID crisis on poverty becomes very close to the one observed in the aftermath of the financial crisis (i …