Gender differences in individual income and financial dependence
18 September 2009
Whatever their status, women have a higher rate of financial dependence than men. That is what we can learn from this DULBEA publication which studies gender inequality and poverty. For nine European countries, the authors investigate the individual vulnerability to poverty by distinguishing individual income from household income and by taking into account some personal characteristics. Improving poverty measurement seems also important to these authors and they therefore suggest four new indicators.