Studies show that the unemployed face serious disadvantages in the labour market and that
the social stigma of unemployment is one explanation. In this paper, we focus on the …

This paper provides novel evidence on the importance of the phenomenon of poverty and its
heterogeneity across European countries. We analyze the determinants of poverty in Europe …

The aim of this paper is to analyse dynamically the three indicators of poverty and social
exclusion covered by the EU2020 poverty target, while focusing on state dependence and …

The analysis of poverty persistence received considerable attention in recent years. In this
paper we explore the role of the adopted poverty measure in the analysis of its persistence …

La pobreza es una situación que condiciona en forma negativa el acceso a bienes y
servicios básicos e impide que las personas eleven su nivel y calidad de vida. Tal es la …

Poverty is not a static phenomenon; it is a dynamic one (Jenkins 2011). It is well
documented that a large share of the poor only make a transitory poverty experience …

This paper analyses the dynamics of poverty in Italy and compares it with that in France,
Spain and the UK. For this purpose, we use transition matrices of entry and exit poverty rates …

This paper assesses the effectiveness of social benefit programs on children who had prior
experience with poverty across 27 European countries in the years following the Great …

Families with children receive support from the tax-benefit system to a different extent across
countries. In Spain, child poverty remains high as compared to other EU countries, possibly …

This paper draws on the EU-SILC dataset to investigate changes over the period 2004 to
2014 in the trends and dynamics in poverty for social risk groups in selected European …