We interpret social transfers broadly as a set of measures to reduce or relieve poverty, and study how well this … the countries for a range of definitions of the poverty threshold. The methods are also applied to two subpopulations of …

The paper analyzes the effects of individual and household characteristics on current poverty status, while controlling … for initial conditions, past poverty status and unobserved heterogeneity in 14 European Countries for the period 1994 … very important policy implications, since if the former is the main cause of poverty it is of paramount importance to break …

extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …

poverty and inequality and avoid exclusion before, during and after periods of economic shocks. To achieve this goal, the … outcomes in core socio-economic outcomes such as poverty and exclusion risks. However, labour market integration shows some …

analysis in which we control for relevant characteristics. We do find evidence of higher rates of poverty among immigrants … protecting immigrants from poverty across Europe …