We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health...

The aim of this study is to present the most important factors that explain multidimensional poverty in Spain, highlighting the relationships between the explanatory elements themselves in the spirit of enhancing the effects of poverty policy. For this purpose, we have designed a Structural...

Chile's recent success in reducing poverty has been remarkable, with poverty rates falling by approximately two-thirds over the last 20 years. However, further gains against poverty may be inhibited by the increasing difficulty associated with targeting fewer poor people and better, more...

Considering poverty as a phenomenon that limits the capability of people development in all its dimensions, this work presents a multidimensional study based on the methodology of Alkire and Foster (2011). Its application to Spain, using Living Conditions Survey (ECV2008-ECV2015), generates new...

This research analyzes the economic impact of three alternative tax reforms on the Mexican economy, poverty and inequality, to strengthen the current program to fight against poverty in the country. The main result must be to generate greater economic impact and reduce poverty in greater...

The article presents the results of the interregional analysis of Costa Rica 2011-2016, from the perspective of neo-structuralist economics, based on official sources. The objective is to reflect differences in the socio-economic development of the country, relating them to productive...

The present article aims to analyze the Cartagena de Indias poverty profile and its determinants, which have a direct impact on the probability of a household could be identify as poor or not, through a logistic regression analysis, based on the Logit Binomial model. On the basis of this model,...

The paper search for evidence of poverty traps in different regions of Argentina. The selected methodology is based on the model proposed by Antman and Mckenzie (2005), it suggests a specification for the income's dynamic that allows multiple balances, using the framework of classical growth...

In this paper we analyze the links between health status (measured by selfreported illness occurrence) and individuals' socioeconomic situation. Using the annual households surveys of Uruguay for the period 1991 to 2000, we compute probit models and find that men, unmarried, young people,...