Incidence of Poverty in Working-age Population in EU Countries: A Gender Perspective
Incidence of Poverty in Working-age Population in EU Countries: A Gender Perspective

Summary/Abstract: Poverty reduction has long been one of the political priorities of the European Union and itsmember states. Despite the political declarations and measures applied, poverty is still a phenomenonthat affects the everyday lives of about 70 million Europeans. Moreover, trendsin poverty incidence show how poverty risks are sensitive to overall socio-economic developmentand how they are more actual for some vulnerable population groups. Following the popularconcept of poverty feminization, the analysis presented in the paper aims to identify genderperspective relationship between the poverty incidence and characteristics describing the situationon the labour market or the levels of attained education in EU-27 countries. Attention ispaid to poverty incidence among women and men of working age (population aged from 25to 54 years) and differences are examined in the relationship to the position of both genderson the labour market. Presented findings, based mainly on the results obtained from the panelregression analysis performed for the period 2007–2020, suggest that policymakers should integratea gender perspective into all policies focused on poverty reduction.

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