well below the EU at-risk-of-poverty thresholds in many countries. Single earners with dependent children are especially at … risk of poverty. We discuss the options for making progress. …

This article studies the impact of design characteristics of in-work benefits on employment and poverty in an … analysis, numerous trade-offs are uncovered: not only between employment and poverty goals, but also within employment … incentives itself (extensive vs. intensive margin). Taking account of behavioural reactions attenuates the impact on poverty …

interaction with the welfare system, has played a positive role in reducing child poverty among non-intact families. However …

Earning an income is probably the best way of avoiding poverty and social exclusion, hence the recent trend of … three European countries which experience severe poverty traps, namely Finland, France and Germany. The potential labor … discrete-choice model. We compare how both reforms achieve poverty reduction and social inclusion (measured as the number of …

-efficient reform. Minimum wages are ineffective in fighting poverty …

objectives of higher employment and lower poverty levels. In this paper we present a simulation exercise to examine labour supply … increasing the potential of in-work support to alleviate poverty. …

(2012) find a positive effect of the reform on lone mothers ́labour supply and a small reduction in poverty. Is the best … result that policy makers could obtain in terms of poverty reduction? In this paper, I estimate a discrete choice model of … have minimized poverty among lone mothers. …