likely effects on poverty, inequality, and economic mobility. While poverty has declined, inequality has remained relatively … high and stable over nearly four decades. In this paper, for the first time, we examine poverty and inequality in a dynamic …. Focusing on the dynamics of poverty, we distinguish between short- and long-term poor and between chronic and transient poverty …

relatively high income region of Italy. Poverty tends to be a multi-dimensional concept and the use of monetary income as a … is far more elusive. Using a national poverty line as targeting for social policies might introduce inequality between … income testing in the identification of eligibility rules to relieve immediate poverty and to prevent it in the longer term. …

We consider the issue of income distribution modeling in the context of poverty analysis impact based on computable …

vulnerability to poverty. Following this approach the paper exploits panel data to determine the amount of comparable income … -associated with a low probability of falling into poverty— which could define the lower bound of the middle class. It looks at … absolute thresholds, challenging the view that people just above the poverty line are actually part of the middle class. In an …