relationship between gender and poverty. These countries were chosen as they have, under the equal-sharing assumption, very … different gender distributions of poverty. … resources in the analysis of poverty. Most empirical studies of poverty, however, assume an equal sharing of resources between …

In this paper we re-examine poverty among working class households in inter-war London using the newly computerized …–31. First, we examine how the use of different poverty lines affects the number of households found to be in poverty. We then … analyse the effects of the inter-war social security system in relieving poverty. Finally, we estimate what difference it …

percentage of households in poverty. He attributed the bulk of this decline to government welfare reforms enacted during and … after the War. Some observers have been uneasy about these striking results, especially with the rediscovery of poverty in … the 1960s. In this paper we re-examine the surviving records from the 1950 survey, making the poverty line more consistent …

This paper traces the links from trade shocks to poverty in developing countries. It considers the determinants of … household and individual welfare (including potential differences between household members) and then identifies six trade-to-poverty …

This paper reviews key recent literature on the effects of trade liberalisation on poverty in developing countries and … income and thus reduces poverty has not changed; some suggest that this is not true for very poor countries, but this is not …

the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in … than coed girls. Moreover, gender differences in preferences for risk-taking are sensitive to the gender mix of the …

observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …

In this paper, we propose a job assignment model allowing for a gender difference in access to jobs. Males and females …-paid jobs can be detected and quantified. We estimate the gender relative probability of getting any given job position for full …