economic reversal on middle-class families, as they are more vulnerable to falling into poverty. This analysis provides a tool …

The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …, because even unskilled or manual non-farm employment significantly reduces poverty and vulnerability in India and poverty in …

in poverty and income inequality, up to 2010 or 2011 in most countries. We provide measures of the levels and trends in … each of these areas, as well as an integrated discussion of empirical choices made in the measurement of poverty, overall … income inequality, and inequality among those with top incomes. …

produce spatially disaggregated poverty and inequality estimates. To test the method, predicted welfare indicators for a set …

Vulnerability to poverty is an important social indicator of well-being. Yet, comparisons of vulnerability over time or … space lack robustness as long as they are based on single measures or use specific poverty lines. We demonstrate that a … provide ethically robust vulnerability comparisons. …

discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary poverty threshold used to assign eligibility for the program. We find that barely …

This paper uses the 1991 Indian trade liberalization to measure the impact of trade liberalization on poverty, and to … more exposed to liberalization were concentrated, experienced slower decline in poverty and lower consumption growth. The …