The new Routledge History of Poverty, c. 1450-1800 provides neither a "history" nor a coherent concept of "poverty" and …, based on the idea that the interplay of "labour" and "poverty" (epitomized in the notion of the "labouring poor") forms the … crucial key to the understanding of the decisive long-term theme in the history of poverty and poor relief in Europe from 1350 …

contributed to a number of positive outcomes, such as low poverty and high employment. However, our examination of more recent …

is in paid work. Working households comprised 37% of those below the official poverty line in 1994-95 and 58% in 2017 …-18. Much of that increase is due to trends that seem straightforwardly positive: lower poverty rates among pensioners and … rate of poverty in house holds where someone works. We examine the reason for the increased in-work relative poverty rate …

poverty.The basic premise of the work-first model that continuing participation in the labor force will lead to economic self … at least three quarters a year over a multi-year period, which are the prerequisites for rising above the poverty … these workers to the poverty threshold would increase economic output by another three-quarters of a billion dollars a year …

Poverty adversely affects the lives of Los Angeles residents as well as the City as a whole. Among other things …, poverty has a direct financial impact on local government because of above-average per capita costs for municipal services … neighborhoods marked by concentrated poverty and the number of people living in such acutely poor neighborhoods has declined. Los …

is in paid work. Working households comprised 37% of those below the official poverty line in 1994-95 and 58% in 2017 …-18. Much of that increase is due to trends that seem straightforwardly positive: lower poverty rates among pensioners and … rate of poverty in house holds where someone works. We examine the reason for the increased in-work relative poverty rate …

Most welfare states design their tax/benefit system to combat income poverty. Some countries are more effective in … poverty alleviation than others. What can explain these variations in outcomes and effectiveness? And has the redistributive … transfers and income taxes in alleviating poverty. We focus on 49 LIS-countries for the period 1967-2016. We compare relative …