Inequality and Poverty across Generations in the European Union
Staff Discussion Notes, January 24, 2018
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- Authors: Tingyun Chen, Jean-Jacques Hallaert, Alexander Pitt, Haonan Qu, Maximilien Queyranne, Alaina Rhee, Anna Shabunina, Jérôme Vandenbussche, Irene Yackovlev
- Published: January 24, 2018
- Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Overview
- This SDN studies the evolution of inequality across age groups leading up to and since the global financial crisis, as well as implications for fiscal and labor policies.
- Europe’s population is aging, child and youth poverty are rising, and income support systems are often better equipped to address old-age poverty than the challenges faced by poor children and/or unemployed youth today.
- Publication type: Staff Discussion Notes.
Key findings
- Evolution of inequality across age groups before and since the global financial crisis is the primary focus of the study.
- Europe’s population is aging.
- Child and youth poverty are rising.
- Income support systems are often better equipped to address old-age poverty than the challenges faced by poor children and/or unemployed youth today.
Implications for policy
- Fiscal and labor policies are central to addressing the age-distribution of inequality and poverty, given the study’s emphasis on implications for those policy areas.
- The differing effectiveness of income support systems across age groups suggests a need to reassess design and targeting of social protection for children and unemployed youth, relative to systems that address old-age poverty.
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