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Daphne Ahrendt

Daphne Ahrendt is a research manager in Eurofound’s Living Conditions and Quality of Life Unit, which she joined in January 2013. Her research focuses on families in the economic crisis, social mobility and in-work poverty, and she has worked with the European Quality of Life Survey since 2003.

More Attention Must Be Given To Europe’s Working Poor

Daphne Ahrendt

In-work poverty increased during the economic and financial crisis that hit European shores in 2008. By 2014, ten per cent of European workers were at

The Case For Universal Support For European Families

Daphne Ahrendt

Austerity measures introduced during the crisis have disproportionately concerned cuts in the measures that are most vital for reducing child poverty: cash and tax benefits,