Handbook on In-Work Poverty
Published on 26. January 2018
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-1-78471-562-5 (ISBN)
Description
There has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, illustrating that across the world there are increasing numbers of people who could be described as the 'working poor'. Taking a global and multi-disciplinary perspective, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current research at the intersection between work and poverty.
Authoritative contributions from leading researchers in the field provide comprehensive coverage of conceptual and measurement issues, causal drivers and mechanisms, key empirical findings, policy issues and debates. The Handbook is unique in offering perspectives from a wide range of regions and countries, stretching beyond developed countries. It also does justice to the paradigmatic diversity in approaches to in-work poverty, offering a wealth of variety in disciplinary approaches.
Academically rigorous, yet clear and concise, this Handbook will benefit students and scholars of public policy, politics, social policy and development studies. It will also prove accessible for policy analysts and journalists looking to explore the issue from new angles.
Contributors include: P. Barbieri, A. Barrientos, K.M. Blankenship, D. Brady, E. Crettaz, G. Cutuli, J.C. Feres, N.-S. Fritsch, M. Giesselmann, J. Horemans, A. Horton, L. Kenworthy, M. Leibbrandt, A. Levanon, D.T. Lichter, K. Lilenstein, H. Lohmann, J.-d. Lue, B. Maitre, L. Maldonado, L.C. Maldonado, S. Marchal, I. Marx, R. Maurizio, R. Nieuwenhuis, B. Nolan, S. Oselin, S. Ponthieux, L. Pradella, J. Prieto, E. Saburov, W. Salverda, S.R. Sanders, S. Scherer, D. Seikel, D. Spannagel, B.C. Thiede, V. Unnikrishnan, W. Van Lancker, L. Vandecasteele, G. Verbist, R. Verwiebe, C.T. Whelan, J. Wills, I. Woolard, C.-Y. Yeh
Authoritative contributions from leading researchers in the field provide comprehensive coverage of conceptual and measurement issues, causal drivers and mechanisms, key empirical findings, policy issues and debates. The Handbook is unique in offering perspectives from a wide range of regions and countries, stretching beyond developed countries. It also does justice to the paradigmatic diversity in approaches to in-work poverty, offering a wealth of variety in disciplinary approaches.
Academically rigorous, yet clear and concise, this Handbook will benefit students and scholars of public policy, politics, social policy and development studies. It will also prove accessible for policy analysts and journalists looking to explore the issue from new angles.
Contributors include: P. Barbieri, A. Barrientos, K.M. Blankenship, D. Brady, E. Crettaz, G. Cutuli, J.C. Feres, N.-S. Fritsch, M. Giesselmann, J. Horemans, A. Horton, L. Kenworthy, M. Leibbrandt, A. Levanon, D.T. Lichter, K. Lilenstein, H. Lohmann, J.-d. Lue, B. Maitre, L. Maldonado, L.C. Maldonado, S. Marchal, I. Marx, R. Maurizio, R. Nieuwenhuis, B. Nolan, S. Oselin, S. Ponthieux, L. Pradella, J. Prieto, E. Saburov, W. Salverda, S.R. Sanders, S. Scherer, D. Seikel, D. Spannagel, B.C. Thiede, V. Unnikrishnan, W. Van Lancker, L. Vandecasteele, G. Verbist, R. Verwiebe, C.T. Whelan, J. Wills, I. Woolard, C.-Y. Yeh
Reviews / Votes
'A handbook on ''in-work poverty'' research is long overdue. Here we have a very complete and compelling review of the policy connections between work and low-income status from a world-class set of contributors. The volume manages to touch on almost all of the key issues related to the world-wide adoption of in-work anti-poverty policies and how they interact with institution, families and society. Bravo!'--Timothy M. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78471-562-5 (9781784715625)
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Edited by Henning Lohmann, University of Hamburg, Germany and Ive Marx, Professor of Socio-Economic Policy and Director of the Centre for Social Policy Herman Deleeck, Antwerp University, Belgium
Content
Contents:
1. Introduction
Henning Lohmann and Ive Marx
PART I GENERAL PERSPECTIVES
2. The concept and measurement of in-work poverty
Henning Lohmann
3. Low earnings and their drivers in relation to in-work poverty
Wiemer Salverda
4. Explaining cross-country differences in in-work poverty
Henning Lohmann and Eric Crettaz
5. Gender and in-work poverty
Sophie Ponthieux
6. In-work poverty among migrants
Eric Crettaz
PART II INDIVIDUAL AND HOUSEHOLD PERSPECTIVES ON IN-WORK POVERTY
7. Demographic drivers of in-work poverty
Brian C. Thiede, Scott R. Sanders and Daniel T. Lichter
8. Low pay, in-work poverty and economic vulnerability
Bertrand Maitre, Brian Nolan and Christopher T. Whelan
9. Atypical employment and in-work poverty
Jeroen Horemans
10. Single-parent families and in-work poverty
Rense Nieuwenhuis and Laurie C. Maldonado
11. The dynamics of in-work poverty
Leen Vandecasteele and Marco Giesselmann
PART III POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
12. Income support policies for the working poor
Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist
13. Impacts of the living wage on in-work poverty
Amy Horton and Jane Wills
14. Activation and in-work poverty
Daniel Seikel and Dorothee Spannagel
15. Childcare policies and in-work poverty
Wim van Lancker and Jeroen Horemans
16. The international political economy of the working poor in Western Europe
Lucia Pradella
PART IV EUROPE AND THE US
17. Labor market flexibilization, and in-work poverty: A comparative analysis of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Nina-Sophie Fritsch and Roland Verwiebe
18. In-work poverty in Southern Europe: The case of Italy
Paolo Barbieri, Giorgio Cutuli and Stefani Scherer
19. In-work Poverty in the United States
Lane Kenworthy and Ive Marx
PART V LATIN AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA AND ASIA
20. In-work poverty and social assistance in developing countries
Armando Barrientos and Vidhya Unnikrishnan
21. In-work poverty in Latin America: Prevalence, driving forces and trends
Roxana Maurizio
22. The working poor in Chile during the period 1990-2013
Luis Maldonado, Joaquin Prieto and Juan Carlos Feres
23. In-work poverty in South Africa: The impact of income sharing in the presence of high unemployment
Kezia Lilenstein, Ingrid Woolard and Murray Leibbrandt
24. Changes in the demographic antecedents of poverty among workers in Israel, 1991-2011
Asaf Levanon and Evgeny Saburov
25. In-work poverty in three East Asian welfare states
Chung-Yang Yeh and Jen-Der Lue
26. Working poor in the informal economy: Material deprivation among female sex workers in India
David Brady, Sharon Oselin and Kim M. Blankenship
Index
1. Introduction
Henning Lohmann and Ive Marx
PART I GENERAL PERSPECTIVES
2. The concept and measurement of in-work poverty
Henning Lohmann
3. Low earnings and their drivers in relation to in-work poverty
Wiemer Salverda
4. Explaining cross-country differences in in-work poverty
Henning Lohmann and Eric Crettaz
5. Gender and in-work poverty
Sophie Ponthieux
6. In-work poverty among migrants
Eric Crettaz
PART II INDIVIDUAL AND HOUSEHOLD PERSPECTIVES ON IN-WORK POVERTY
7. Demographic drivers of in-work poverty
Brian C. Thiede, Scott R. Sanders and Daniel T. Lichter
8. Low pay, in-work poverty and economic vulnerability
Bertrand Maitre, Brian Nolan and Christopher T. Whelan
9. Atypical employment and in-work poverty
Jeroen Horemans
10. Single-parent families and in-work poverty
Rense Nieuwenhuis and Laurie C. Maldonado
11. The dynamics of in-work poverty
Leen Vandecasteele and Marco Giesselmann
PART III POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
12. Income support policies for the working poor
Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist
13. Impacts of the living wage on in-work poverty
Amy Horton and Jane Wills
14. Activation and in-work poverty
Daniel Seikel and Dorothee Spannagel
15. Childcare policies and in-work poverty
Wim van Lancker and Jeroen Horemans
16. The international political economy of the working poor in Western Europe
Lucia Pradella
PART IV EUROPE AND THE US
17. Labor market flexibilization, and in-work poverty: A comparative analysis of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Nina-Sophie Fritsch and Roland Verwiebe
18. In-work poverty in Southern Europe: The case of Italy
Paolo Barbieri, Giorgio Cutuli and Stefani Scherer
19. In-work Poverty in the United States
Lane Kenworthy and Ive Marx
PART V LATIN AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA AND ASIA
20. In-work poverty and social assistance in developing countries
Armando Barrientos and Vidhya Unnikrishnan
21. In-work poverty in Latin America: Prevalence, driving forces and trends
Roxana Maurizio
22. The working poor in Chile during the period 1990-2013
Luis Maldonado, Joaquin Prieto and Juan Carlos Feres
23. In-work poverty in South Africa: The impact of income sharing in the presence of high unemployment
Kezia Lilenstein, Ingrid Woolard and Murray Leibbrandt
24. Changes in the demographic antecedents of poverty among workers in Israel, 1991-2011
Asaf Levanon and Evgeny Saburov
25. In-work poverty in three East Asian welfare states
Chung-Yang Yeh and Jen-Der Lue
26. Working poor in the informal economy: Material deprivation among female sex workers in India
David Brady, Sharon Oselin and Kim M. Blankenship
Index