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The working poor in Flanders, a forgotten group?
Compared with the rest of Europe, Flanders has relatively few working poor, only 2.5%. According to the standard which is commonly applied in the European Union a person is poor when s/he lives in a household with an equivalent family income lower than 60% of the country’s median income. Yet nearly one quarter of all Flemish of working age
who live in financial poverty are employed. This poverty among employed Flemings is equated with relatively low-paid employment. This study contradicts this perception. Low earnings generally only become a problem if these earnings have to cover the needs of several dependents (children and/or adults). The phenomenon of the "working poor" is
therefore closely related to an inability to generate sufficient earnings at family/household level, in an era in which the average living standard is strongly determined by dual earner households.
Lees de publicatie
- Uitgever
- Publicatiedatum
- December 2011
- Publicatietype
- Onderzoeksrapport
- Thema's
- Arbeidsmarkt , Toegang tot de arbeidsmarkt
- Auteur(s)
- CSB - Universiteit Antwerpen , Ive Marx, Gerlinde Verbist, Pieter Vandenbrouck, Kristel Bogaerts, Josefine Vanhille
- Reeks
- WSE-onderzoeksrapporten