The aim of this article is to describe the rise and fall of the workhouse system in connection with the developments that took place in economic thought, in the transition from Mercantilism to pre-classical and classical tradition. By examining the economic arguments emerging from the debate...

The Albanian Ndihma Ekonomike is one of the first poverty reduction programs launched in transitional economies. Its record has been judged positively during the recession period of the 1990s and negatively during the more recent growth phase. This paper reconsiders the program using a...

This paper examines the Italian social policy instruments to contrast poverty among the elderly, focussing on the so-called social pension. Firstly, it analyses the institutional characteristics of the social pension, assessing its explicit and implicit design according to poverty indicators...

Chapter 1. Effects of energy price shocks on Germany's economy and private households -- Chapter 2. Demographic shifts, household energy needs and vulnerability -- Chapter 3. Energy poverty and health pathologies: an empirical study on the French Case -- Chapter 4. Vulnerability to motor fuel...