In-work Poverty and Labour Market Segmentation: A study of national policies, United Kingdom

J Bradshaw, F Bennett, E Mayhew

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Abstract

Until now in-work poverty and labour market segmentation have not received sufficient attention in the EU's efforts to tackle poverty and social exclusion. However, given that the 17 million working poor in the EU represent about 15% of the new Europe 2020 social inclusion target, this is likely to become a more important issue in the future. The analysis of in-work poverty and labour market segmentation presented here is a first step to fill this gap and to suggest how progress can be made on this issue. It is also intended as a contribution to the monitoring of the EU "Active Inclusion" process, which was launched at the end of 2008 and which is a crucial part of the EU’s efforts to tackle poverty and social exclusion.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBrussels
PublisherEuropean Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Number of pages39
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Keywords

  • social exclusion, income, poverty

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