Nearly universal, but somewhat distinct: the feminization of poverty in affluent Western democracies, 1969-2000.

Universal , but Somewhat Distinct : the Feminization of Poverty in Affluent Western Democracies , 1969 - 2000

Targeting, universalism, and single-mother poverty: a multilevel analysis across 18 affluent democracies.

We examine the influence of individual characteristics and targeted and universal social policy on single-mother poverty with a multilevel analysis across 18 affluent Western democracies. Although single mothers are disproportionately poor in all countries, there is even more cross-national variation in single-mother poverty than in poverty among the overall population. By far, the United State...

Structural theory and relative poverty in rich Western democracies , 1969 - 2000

Party to inequality: Right party power and income inequality in affluent Western democracies

Much social science suggests that income inequality is a product of economic and demographic factors and recent work highlights the influence of Leftist politics in affluent Western democracies. But, prior research has neglected rightist politics. We examine the impact of cumulative right party power on three measures of income inequality in an unbalanced panel of 16 affluent Western democracie...

More than just nickels and dimes: a cross-national analysis of working poverty in affluent democracies.

Despite its centrality to contemporary inequality, working poverty is often popularly discussed but rarely studied by sociologists. Using the Luxembourg Income Study (2009), we analyze whether an individual is working poor across 18 affluent democracies circa 2000. We demonstrate that working poverty does not simply mirror overall poverty and that there is greater cross-national variation in wo...