In 2024, self-employed workers without staff (zzp'ers) were more than twice as likely to live in poverty (4.4 percent) than employed persons and self-employed workers with staff (zmp'ers). In terms of ...

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An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report. Poverty Stigma is a ...

We review evidence on the effectiveness of the minimum wage versus in-work benefit policies in reducing poverty in OECD countries. The most credible evidence suggests that raising the minimum wage is ...

Millions of families are grappling with an historic drop in living standards as today’s generation faces the slowest income growth in decades, a new report has warned. Research from the influential ...

In-work poverty has replaced unemployment at the heart of Britain’s “economic malaise,” the report said. Read more at ...

Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report. Poverty Stigma is a ...

We examine how the well-being of those with few resources changed, amidst economic disruption and large, transitory government transfers. We find that in the years leading up to the pandemic and in ...