
In-work poverty in times of pandemic
The coronavirus crisis is exacerbating in-work poverty in the EU—and a powerful raft of labour-market and welfare measures is needed for an adequate response.
Author profile
Luca Ratti is an associate professor of European and comparative labour law at the University of Luxembourg. He is principal investigator in the Horizon2020 project ‘WorkYP: Working, Yet Poor‘, focused on in-work poverty and European social citizenship.

The coronavirus crisis is exacerbating in-work poverty in the EU—and a powerful raft of labour-market and welfare measures is needed for an adequate response.