BENEFIT ADEQUACY, COVERAGE AND POVERTY-REDUCTION EFFECTIVENESS Figure 8 The evolution of the relative monetary poverty reduction for children below 16 years age in Romania as compared to the EU-27 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: Eurostat, 2020. Authors' own calculations and graph. 2011 2012 2013 2014 EU Romania 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Figure 9 The evolution of the relative monetary poverty reduction for children below 16 years age in Romania as compared to the EU-27 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 EU Men Source: Eurostat, 2020. Authors' own graph. EU Women Romania Men Romania Women 9