The transition to a market economy has lead to liberalization in a great many spheres of society in the reform economies of Central and Eastern Europe. At the same time, financial insecurity of many households persisted or increased, and certain parts of the population face for the first time...

In our paper we present a comparative analysis of the effects of family policy measures on poverty patterns in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. A special attention is devoted to changes in the extent, depth and composition of poverty, in particular that of the youngest generation....

Österreich liegt im Hinblick auf soziale Mobilität hinter vielen anderen Ländern der OECD zurück. Die Ungleichheit bei den Vermögen der privaten Haushalte stellt dabei eines von vielen Hindernissen für soziale Mobilität dar. Die OECD (Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und...