Single Mothers’ In-Work Poverty: The Role of Social Market Economy and Labor Institution

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Brief Overview

The analysis finds that single mothers have a lower probability of in-work poverty in countries with high union density than in countries in low unionization, and in social market economies than in liberal market economies.

Author

• Takayuki Sakamoto, Meiji Gakuin University