the poverty effects of social transfer schemes in old and new europe
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The poverty effects of social transfer schemes in old and new Europe. Bea Cantillon Centre for Social Policy Herman Deleeck University of Antwerp, Belgium. At-risk-of-poverty Rate for EU-25 (2003). Poverty Risk Plotted Against Poverty Risk Threshold (PPS) for EU-25 (2003). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The poverty effects of social transfer schemes in old and new Europe
Bea CantillonCentre for Social Policy Herman DeleeckUniversity of Antwerp, Belgium
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At-risk-of-poverty Rate for EU-25 (2003)
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5
10
15
20
25
CZ SI DK LU FI SE HU NL AT FR BE CY LT MT DE LV PL EE UK IT EL ES IE PT SK
At-
risk
-of-
po
vert
y ra
te (
60
% th
resh
old
) %
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Poverty Risk Plotted Against Poverty Risk Threshold (PPS) for EU-25 (2003)
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000
Poverty risk threshold for single person PPS (60%)
At-
risk
-of-
po
vert
y ra
te (
60%
)
EU15
EU10
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Social Protection Expenditure (2001) and Poverty Risk (2003) for EU-25
5
10
15
20
25
10 15 20 25 30 35
Total social protection expenditure as % GDP
At-
risk
-of-
po
vert
y ra
te (
60
%)
EU-15
EU-10
5
Employment Rate (2004) and Poverty Risk (2003) for EU-25
0
5
10
15
20
25
50 55 60 65 70 75 80
Employment rate (% population aged 15-64)
At-
risk
-of-
po
vert
y ra
te (
60
%)
EU-15
EU-10
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Changes in Employment Rate and Risk of Poverty 1994-2000 for EU-15
5
10
15
20
25
45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
Employmentrate%
At-risk-
of-pov
erty
rate
%
BE
UK
DE
GR
IT
ES
IE
FR
FI
SE
NL
AT
DKLU