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The working poor are individuals working but still in a poor household. It is a complex concept, combining poverty, measured at a household level (less than 60% median equivalized net household income), and employment, measured at an individual level (paid employment or selfemployment as the main activity in at least 7 of last 12 months). The level of working poverty (or in-work poverty, IWP) and factors behind that level have been investigated in different European countries using household data from the EU-SILC survey.
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© 2011 Neil Fraser, Rodolfo Gutiérrez & Ramón Peña-Casas
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Fraser, N., Gutiérrez, R., Peña-Casas, R. (2011). Conclusions. In: Fraser, N., Gutiérrez, R., Peña-Casas, R. (eds) Working Poverty in Europe. Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307599_14
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