The paper analyzes the effects of individual and household characteristics on current poverty status, while controlling … for initial conditions, past poverty status and unobserved heterogeneity in 14 European Countries for the period 1994 … very important policy implications, since if the former is the main cause of poverty it is of paramount importance to break …

analysis in which we control for relevant characteristics. We do find evidence of higher rates of poverty among immigrants … protecting immigrants from poverty across Europe. -- welfare ; immigrants ; Europe …