Family workers: behavioural patterns in the European Union and implications for the fight against poverty

The aim of this paper is to highlight the main characteristics of family workers in the European Union (how many? who are they?) and the role played within households as a tool to alleviate poverty. The subsequent objective is to evaluate the effect of these characteristics on the condition of family worker in order to identify the main factors that lead a household member to choose this specific employment status. The analysis will be based on EU-SILC 2012 survey, the Eurostat project that aims to monitor the income and living conditions of the European Union households for a responsible planning of economic and social policies.