Since Adam Smith, economists have emphasized income distribution and unemployment as key elements to explain criminal …, unlike those papers, income distribution, unemployment and per capita GDP also played crucial roles, which has important …

It has been noted that failure to meet the target set by government for reducing the head count ratio of child poverty … argument that absolute poverty is not a meaningful idea, this apology for the failure of government to meet poverty targets …

This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty … likely effects of an FTA with China on poverty and income distribution. We find that the FTA would result in a small … reduction in poverty as well as an improvement in the income distribution. Highly disaggregated data at the industry level is …

terms of their implications for measuring the poverty and distributional effects of poverty reduction strategies. These … different results in absolute terms, we show that potential differences in the measurement of distributional and poverty effects …

This paper considers the dynamics of child income poverty in New Zealand. Annual movements into and out of poverty by … research on family dynamics.New Zealand adult and child poverty transitions are compared. Child poverty transitions in New … similar current income measure of poverty is available. The frequency of poverty “trigger events” in New Zealand and their …