Foreword: A Self-Critical Flashback on the European Union's Anti-Poverty Promise
Frank Vandenbroucke
Preface
Bea Cantillon, Tim Goedemé, and John Hills
Introduction
Bea Cantillon, Tim Goedemé, and John Hills
Part 1: Income Poverty in Europe: Setting the Scene
Chapter 1: What Does It Mean to Live on the Poverty Threshold? Lessons From Reference Budgets
Tim Goedemé, Tess Penne, Tine Hufkens, Alexandros Karakitsios, Anikó Bernát, Anne Franziskus, Bori Simonovits, Elena Carillo Alvarez, Eleni Kanavitsa, Irene Cussó Parcerisas, Jordi Riera Romaní, Lauri Mäkinen, Manos Matsaganis, Marco Arlotti, Marianna Kopasz, Péter Szivós, Veli-Matti Ritakallio, Yuri Kazepov, Karel Van den Bosch, and Bérénice Storms
Chapter 2: Employment and Poverty Dynamics Before, During, and After the Crisis
András Gábos, Réka Branyiczki, Barbara Binder, and István György Tóth
Chapter 3: A Pan-European Perspective on Low-Income Dynamics in the European Union
Tim Goedemé, Lorena Zardo Trindade, and Frank Vandenbroucke
Part 2: The Role of Social Protection
Chapter 4: The Impact of Social Transfers on Income Poverty and Material Deprivation
Geranda Notten and Anne-Catherine Guio
Chapter 5: Policy and Poverty in Seven European Union Countries in the Lisbon Decade: The Contribution of Tax-Benefit Policy Changes
John Hills, Alari Paulus, Holly Sutherland, and Iva Tasseva
Chapter 6: Distributive Effects of the Crisis in the European Periphery
Manos Matsaganis and Chrysa Leventi
Chapter 7: Do Employment-Conditional Earnings Subsidies Work?
Lane Kenworthy
Part 3: New Policy Paradigms: What Can Be Expected?
Chapter 8: Improving Poverty Reduction: Lessons From the Social Innovation Perspective
Stijn Oosterlynck, Andreas Novy, Yuri Kazepov, Pieter Cools, Tatiana Saruis, Bernhard Leubolt, and Florian Wukovitsch
Chapter 9: Social Investment at Crossroads: "The Third Way" or "The Enlightened Path" Forward?
Axel Cronert and Joakim Palme
Part 4: Toward a Decent Social Floor for All Europeans
Chapter 10: The End of Cheap Talk About Poverty Reduction: The Cost of Closing the Poverty Gap While Maintaining Work Incentives
Diego Collado, Bea Cantillon, Karel Van den Bosch, Tim Goedemé, and Dieter Vandelannoote
Chapter 11: The Design of In-Work Benefits: How to Boost Employment and Combat Poverty in Belgium?
Dieter Vandelannoote and Gerlinde Verbist
Chapter 12: Toward Adequate Minimum Incomes: Which Role for Europe?
Bea Cantillon, Sarah Marchal, and Chris Luigjes
Chapter 13: Conclusion: How to Get There?
Bea Cantillon, Tim Goedemé, and John Hills