We explore the consequence of quality unpredictability for the welfare benefit of new products, using recent … well as many others, then creating new products can have substantial welfare benefits. Technological change in the recorded … music industry tripled the number of new products between 2000 and 2008. We quantify the effects of new music on welfare …

children as well as to reduce child poverty. In this study the authors critically investigate this assertion by simulating a … set of scenarios of increasing subsidized childcare slots and mothers' employment. For a variety of European welfare … states we estimate the impact on poverty and on the government budget using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD. The …

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 …

population in concentrated settlements, separated neighbourhoods or ghettos. The majority live in poverty and face social …

, child poverty remains high as compared to other EU countries, possibly pointing to a weaker role of the public sector in … support also reduces poverty intensity and incidence, although not to a large extent. …

Reducing poverty remains an important challenge, and the COVID-19-crisis may further reinforce social vulnerabilities …. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … particularly affected. A comprehensive approach is required to ensure an effective transition out of poverty and social exclusion …