.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …

countries studied differ in the trends observed in aggregate income, poverty, polarization and income inequality. In the USA and … intermediate case. Poverty trends are extremely sensitive to the distribution of the gains from growth - if only 10% of the income … gains of the top decile of the UK and the USA had been transferred to the bottom decile, poverty in both countries in 1994 …

Comparative research of poverty, income inequality and the effectiveness of income transfer systems has flourished … poverty and income inequality with a special emphasis on their stability. We studied trends of poverty and income inequality … between 1980 and 1995 in nine countries representing three different ideal types of social policy. The differences in poverty …

measure of the historical racial regime (HRR), and examines how HRR influences contemporary poverty and racial inequality in … with greater poverty for all and especially not among White Southerners. Rather, a higher level of HRR worsens Black … poverty and especially Black-White inequalities in poverty. Further, HRR explains a significant share of the Black …

blessing if lived out in poverty. This study investigated the relationship between individual characteristic of never married …

The aim is to assess the prevalence of poverty among families receiving social assistance. We will examine the … incidence of poverty among the recipients in relation to the general poverty profile. To answer these questions, the adequacy … and poverty reduction effectiveness of social assistance schemes are examined. On the contrary to earlier studies that …

This paper provides an overview of poverty in North America. In it we look at the three countries of North America …, Mexico, the US, and to a lesser extent Canada and attempt to both describe poverty as it exists in the three countries and … explore some of the correlates of poverty. In doing so, we attempt to bring together the concepts and approaches used mostly …

Japan, a larger extent of income inequality is manifest particularly among households with young children. The poverty rate …