, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States), this volume describes the evolution of child … poverty and material well-being during the crisis, and links these outcomes with the responses by governments. The analysis …

As part of its 2020 Strategy adopted, the EU has set a number of headline targets including one for poverty and social … multidimensional indicator is seriously undermined. In relation to the measurement of deprivation, the development of this target was … generally recognised to be less than satisfactory. More recently the introduction of a special module on material deprivation as …

poverty, namely social protection, discussing in turn the inactive working-age population, child income support, in … recent economic research on the welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries, and explore their implications. We … begin with the conceptualisation and measurement of poverty, before sketching out some core features and approaches to the …