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Cross-country evidence on the individual dynamics of in-work poverty in the EU

When:
WED, 18 FEB 2026
From:
3:30 PM
To:
5:00 PM
Where:
Hybrid
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

11, Porte des Sciences | L-4366 Esch/Alzette 

LISER 1st floor, Conference room (Jane Jacobs)
With:
speaker
Maria Cristina D’Aguanno
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The University of Luxembourg, LIS Datacenter and LISER invite you for a hybrid session of the monthly seminar on social inequality and public policies, which will be held ONLINE and IN-PERSON.


Cross-country evidence on the individual dynamics of in-work poverty in the EU

The dynamics of in-work poverty is complex since it involves both a household level dimension – the poverty status – and individual characteristics – the employment status. Because of in-work poverty’s dual nature, similar indicator levels may conceal different underlying dynamics in terms of poverty and employment transitions. Our analysis addresses the dual nature of in-work poverty transitions by considering all working-age individuals and analysing jointly trajectories into and out of both employment and poverty. We estimate an econometric model that jointly describes the dynamics of the two components. Furthermore, we examine the classic in-work poverty measure alongside an indicator of in-work material deprivation. Our analysis confirms that in many countries employment status alone is not able to prevent poverty or material deprivation. Poverty exhibits strong persistence both directly and through reduced chances of employment entry. The trajectories into and out of in-work poverty and in-work material deprivation vary considerably between countries

Webex link: https://unilu.webex.com/unilu/j.php?MTID=mf716617c5222d5ab07c3e27a6ca8a5d0

 

Speaker
speaker
Maria Cristina D’Aguanno
University of Luxembourg
Maria Cristina D’Aguanno is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Social Sciences. Her research interests focus on income inequality and social policy. During her research traineeship at LISER in 2024, she contributed to the Horizon 2020 WELAR project, working specifically on the Work Package on Labour Market Institutions and Risks (WP5 - https://projectwelar.eu). The aim of this part of the project was to analyse the impact of megatrends on labour supply and demand, with a particular focus on matching mechanisms and labour market outcomes, as well as examining how these are moderated by institutional and policy settings relating to labour markets, product markets, and welfare state systems. The resulting policy report was titled 'Reforms, Labour Market Outcomes and the Quality of Work', and the subsequent article, co-authored with Anne-Catherine Guio and Philippe Van Kerm, was published in a special issue of Economic Systems focusing on in-work poverty and titled 'Cross-country Evidence on the Individual Dynamics of In-Work Poverty in the EU'.

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