Substantial cross-national differences in poverty alleviation are well documented, but theextent to which different …-targeted provisions and means-tested benefits reduce relative economic poverty in different institutional settings. It is shown that the … poverty alleviation across countries. The study also presents a new method for estimating the anti-poverty effects of separate …

the Untied States. Since a main objective of means-tested benefits is to mitigate and alleviate poverty, the comparisons … provided at levels sufficient to allow recipients to escape poverty. The long time frame of the study also gives an opportunity … have had negative consequences for their capacity to alleviate poverty, the adequacy of benefits has generally been …

investigated countries provide social assistance benefits above the EU near poverty threshold. Social assistance benefit levels …