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"Die Studie vergleicht relative Armutsrisiken trotz Arbeit in den USA und Deutschland. Die These lautet, dass die Tendenzen von Armutsrisiken trotz Arbeit sowohl als Folge des makrostrukturellen Wandels von der Industrie- zur post-industriellen Dienstleistungsgesellschaft als auch des mikrostrukturellen Wandels der privaten Haushalte aufgefasst werden können. Aus dieser doppelten Rückbindung der Analysen werden die leitenden Hypothesen abgeleitet und mit dem Sozio-ökonomischen Panel für Deutschland und der Panel Study of Income Dynamics für die USA getestet. Sowohl in den USA als auch in Deutschland sind Armutsrisiken trotz Arbeit im Zeitablauf gestiegen. Gemeinsam ist den Ländern die sukzessive Entwertung auch der Vollzeitstellen durch das zunehmende Sektorrisiko, das auch in Deutschland von unten in den Vollzeitarbeitsmarkt hineinwächst. Während die hohen Kinderzahlen in den USA die dortigen Risiken steigern, werden die deutschen Risiken von den Hürden zwischen Teilzeit- und Vollzeithaushalten bestimmt, was sich wiederum besonders negativ auf junge Haushalte und Alleinerziehende auswirkt." (Autorenreferat)

The Old Poor Law in England and Wales, administered by the local parish, dispensed benefits to paupers providing a uniquely comprehensive, pre-modern system of relief. Remaining in force until 1834, the law provided goods and services to keep the poor alive.Combining short- and long-form articles and essays, Providing for the Poor brings together academics and practitioners from across disciplines to re-examine the micro-politics of poverty in the long eighteenth century through the eyes of the poor, their providers and enablers. From the providence of the parochial sixpence given in order to move a beggar on, to coercive marriages, plebeian clothing and the much broader implications of vagrancy towards the end of the long eighteenth century, this volume aims to bridge the gaps in our understanding of the experiences of people across the social spectrum whose lives were touched by the Old Poor Law. It brings together some of the wider arguments concerning the nature of welfare during economically testing times, and navigates the rising bureaucracy inherent in the system, to produce a radical new history of the Old Poor Law in astonishing detail

AbstractPoverty and energy poverty are parts of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The former has been extensively covered in the literature, whereas the latter has not been given the necessary attention until the last decade. In this paper, we use multidimensional measures of energy poverty and poverty to ascertain whether energy‐poor households are also poor, and vice versa. In addition, the study seeks to examine the factors responsible for poverty and energy poverty. This paper uses data sets constructed from the two most recent nationwide household surveys in Ghana (GLSS VI and GLSS VII samples). We find substantial differences in the incidence and index of multidimensional energy poverty and multidimensional poverty by subgroup demographic characteristics. Further, we find that households belong to different categories of poverty and energy poverty status. Our multinomial regression results reveal that household size, marital status, educational background, residential area, age, employment, and gender significantly predict the household's multidimensional poverty and energy poverty status. We recommend massive investment in renewable energy, to make cleaner energy readily available for Ghanaians. In addition, the Ghanaian government should pursue sustainable employment and job creation avenues, directed toward an improved standard of living for the population.