We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and … panel data. We use long-term panel data from Germany and apply different regression models, based on household covariates … and previous-year equivalence income, to classify a household as vulnerable or not. Predictive performance is assessed …

estimation and inference. Using these methods and data from the British Household Panel Survey, we study individual income growth … growth ; income mobility ; mobility profile ; British Household Panel Survey …

genuine state dependence in poverty. We also provide estimates of low income transition rates and lengths of poverty and non-poverty …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty …

A growing literature uses repeated cross-section surveys to derive 'synthetic panel' data estimates of poverty dynamics … synthetic panel estimates relative to benchmarks based on estimates derived from genuine household panel data, employing high …

genuine state dependence in poverty. We also provide estimates of low income transition rates and lengths of poverty and non-poverty …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty …

developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance …

reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated using several measures of poverty for five selected EU … poverty alleviation, the results provide some evidence that extremely centralised systems are more effective with regard to …