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The impact of social transfers on income poverty and material deprivation

"This paper develops a simulation approach to study the effects of income transfers on material deprivation. The method is applied to pre-recession and post-austerity EU-SILC data for Germany, Greece, Poland and the United Kingdom. The results show that income transfers can not only reduce inco...

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Main Authors: ImPRovE, Antwerp, Notten, Geranda, Guio, Anne-Catherine
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Antwerp 2016
ImPRovE
Subjects:
income distribution
poverty
social exclusion
well being
Greece
Poland
United Kingdom
Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19101124124919293069-The-impact-of-social-transfers.htm
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Summary:"This paper develops a simulation approach to study the effects of income transfers on material deprivation. The method is applied to pre-recession and post-austerity EU-SILC data for Germany, Greece, Poland and the United Kingdom. The results show that income transfers can not only reduce income poverty but they can also substantially reduce the extent and depth of material deprivation. Changes in social transfers have therefore a two-fold effect on the Europe 2020 poverty reduction target."
Physical Description:35 p.
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