Working Poor in Europe

Edited by Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Professor of Social and Economic Research, University of Cologne, Germany and Henning Lohmann, University of Hamburg, Germany

• Contents:Introduction: The Working Poor in EuropeHans-Jürgen Andreß and Henning LohmannPART I: COMPARATIVE ISSUES1. The Different Faces of In-Work Poverty Across Welfare State RegimesHenning Lohmann and Ive Marx2. The Working Poor in European Welfare States: Empirical Evidence from a Multilevel PerspectiveHenning LohmannPART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS3. When Famialism Fails: The Nature and Causes of In-Work Poverty in BelgiumIve Marx and Gerlinde Verbist4. The Different Roles of Low-wage Work in Germany: Regional, Demographical and Temporal Variances in the Poverty Risk of Low-paid WorkersMarco Gießelmann and Henning Lohmann5. The Silent Transformation of the Dutch Welfare State and the Rise of In-Work PovertyErik Snel, Jan de Boom and Godfried Engbersen6. In-Work Poverty in a Transitional Labour Market: Sweden, 1988–2003Björn Halleröd and Daniel Larsson7. “Much Ado About Nothing?” Institutional Framework and Empirical Findings on the Working Poor Phenomenon in Finland from 1995 to 2005Ilpo Airio, Susan Kuivalainen and Mikko Niemelä8. Two Countries in One: The Working Poor in ItalyFerruccio Biolcati-Rinaldi and Federico Podestà9. Is Work a Route Out of Poverty: What Have New Labour’s Welfare-to-Work Measures Meant for the Working Poor in Britain?Sara Connolly10. Low Pay and Household Poverty During Ireland’s Economic BoomBrian NolanPART III: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION11. Combating In-Work Poverty in Europe: The Policy Options AssessedIve Marx and Gerlinde Verbist12. Explaining In-Work Poverty Within and Across CountriesHenning Lohmann and Hans-Jürgen Andreß Index

'The book provides important findings on the link between institutions and in-work poverty. The volume makes a significant contribution to this strand of literature as evidence on cross-country differences is scarce. The combination of case studies and comparative quantitative investigations is an interesting approach.'