The present paper explores the link between poverty as capability deprivation and current life satisfaction. Using … achievements. The results indicate that poverty as capability deprivation reduces life satisfaction in a statistically and …. -- Subjective well-being ; life satisfaction ; capability approach ; poverty ; adaptation …

The development of old-age poverty has become an important topic in Germany. Contrary to most studies, a recent report … written by the scientific advisory council at the German Federal Ministry of Economy asserts that old-age poverty will not … problem of old-age poverty, and they plead in favour of further reliable research on the issue. …

paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …

female-headed households are poorer than male-headed households. Poverty is also found to be more prevalent in rural areas …, in households whose heads are illiterate, and in households whose heads work in the informal sector. As for poverty … dynamics, the results show that poverty decreased in Cameroon between 1996 and 2001. Despite the fact that some results are the …

This paper jointly and separately examines the redistributive and poverty effects of tax and public expenditures … sets of policies together, they are found to mainly reflect fiscal policies in that they are more progressive and poverty …-reducing when we use relative poverty lines, in rural areas, followed by semi-urban and urban areas, respectively. Though we also …

paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …

between-district inequalities to national inequality and examines the relationship between household poverty and inequality … a significant effect on household poverty, but with varying signs. We surmise that the variation in signs is as a result … of the state of economic activity and factors that affect both poverty and inequality. …

This article discusses the impact of structural adjustment on poverty and inequality and overall social welfare in … Pakistan over the adjustment decade (1988–99) based on household surveys. It provides an indepth analysis of poverty during … incidence of poverty has increased and the real wages of both skilled and unskilled labour fell sharply. Overall, the likely …

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. …