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Handbook on In-Work Poverty
There has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, acknowledging that across the world a large number of the poor are ‘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.
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There has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, acknowledging that across the world a large number of the poor are ‘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.
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.
Critical Acclaim
‘The purpose of this Handbook – as outlined in the introduction – is to make it clear that IWP is a worldwide phenomenon, to offer perspectives on related issues, using different quantitative and qualitative approaches and to formulate policies to combat IWP.’
– Laura Schmitt, European Journal of Social Security
‘This is a wide-ranging, original and timely collection on a topic of growing of interest. This Handbook will be an essential source for those who seek to understand how and why working poverty differs across nations, and the policy responses that might be
employed to tackle it.’
– Rod Hick, Journal of Social Policy
‘Academically rigorous, yet clear and concise, the Handbook on In-Work Poverty will especially 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.’
– Midwest Book Review
‘A fascinating and convincing examination of a relevant and important phenomenon. . . as a detailed and convincing analysis of the inequities that exist today, this book would be an invaluable reference source for anyone studying contemporary labour markets or employment issues, and public policy remedies.’
– Gordon B. Cooke, Industrial Relations
‘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 worldwide adoption of in-work anti-poverty policies and how they interact with institutions, families and society. Bravo!’
– Timothy M. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin–Madison, US
– Laura Schmitt, European Journal of Social Security
‘This is a wide-ranging, original and timely collection on a topic of growing of interest. This Handbook will be an essential source for those who seek to understand how and why working poverty differs across nations, and the policy responses that might be
employed to tackle it.’
– Rod Hick, Journal of Social Policy
‘Academically rigorous, yet clear and concise, the Handbook on In-Work Poverty will especially 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.’
– Midwest Book Review
‘A fascinating and convincing examination of a relevant and important phenomenon. . . as a detailed and convincing analysis of the inequities that exist today, this book would be an invaluable reference source for anyone studying contemporary labour markets or employment issues, and public policy remedies.’
– Gordon B. Cooke, Industrial Relations
‘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 worldwide adoption of in-work anti-poverty policies and how they interact with institutions, families and society. Bravo!’
– Timothy M. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin–Madison, US
Contributors
Contributors: 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. Maître, 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
Contents
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 Maître, 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 Maître, 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
