This paper argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamics benefits from taking a life cycle perspective …

Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable and noted feature of Chinese society. The paper … social policies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined. The limitations of a social policy that … livelihood approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty and inequality are considered. …

perspective; the distributional data in EU-SILC are necessary to measure income poverty. The progress, or lack of progress, in … reducing income poverty has to be seen in relation to what is happening to the level of real incomes. We begin with the EU …-SILC-based headline at-risk-of-poverty indicator, and then consider its relation to the level of household real income as presented in the …

The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU's portfolio of primary indicators … drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we explain how the … near-linear relationship arises and show how the model can be used to predict persistent poverty rates from current poverty …

The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU's portfolio of primary indicators … drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we explain how the … near-linear relationship arises and show how the model can be used to predict persistent poverty rates from current poverty …

is evidence about real income levels and inequality, and the prevalence of affluence and of poverty. …

measures intended to reduce inequality and relative poverty, but with controversy over benefit levels; and the new dominance of …