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Income Inequality and Poverty in Eastern and Western Europe pp 31–51Cite as

The Main Problems of International Comparative Poverty Research

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International comparative poverty research is part of international comparative social policy research, which has increased in importance in recent years. A quote from the English researcher Catherine Jones (1985, p. 4) shows why scientists are interested in international comparative social policy research:

“... the necessity for it rests on three grounds: comparative study promotes a better understanding of the home social policy environment; it helps broaden ideas as to what may be done in response to particular issues or problems and may even suggest ‘lessons from abroad’; it opens the doors to a greater breadth and variety of case material, such as may further the development of theoretical constructs about social policy formation and development to an extent that could not be possible on the basis of home country experience and material alone.”

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 31, D-60054, Frankfurt, Germany

    Notburga Ott

  2. German Institute for Economic Research, Königin-Luise-Straße 5, D-14191, Berlin, Germany

    Gert G. Wagner

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Hauser, R. (1997). The Main Problems of International Comparative Poverty Research. In: Ott, N., Wagner, G.G. (eds) Income Inequality and Poverty in Eastern and Western Europe. Contributions to Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50003-9_3

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