well-known inequality indices. The same cannot be said, in respect of poverty indices, for the second-order stochastic … dominance criterion for poverty analysis introduced by Atkinson (1987). Indeed, two of the best known poverty indices, the head … provides a more comprehensive coverage of poverty indice. By establishing the relationship between welfare and poverty …

This paper documents the impact of Argentina's recent economic crises on different aspects of poverty, with a special … focus on the economic collapse of 2002. We discuss the methodology of poverty measurement in Argentina and we use a simple … rule to compensate for the lack of regional poverty figures until 2001, providing consistent series of urban poverty …

-adjusted income and poverty measures and to analyze their determinants. Taking risk into account increases poverty. The regression …

The Lisbon summit of the European Council in March 2000 declared the number of people living in poverty and social … conclusions was a commitment to the collection of better data on poverty and social exclusion in the EU. …

This paper studies poverty as a dynamic phenomenon, motivated by the recurring economic crises that affect developing … still lack a unified framework. Echoing Atkinson (1987), this paper addresses the question of how poverty should be measured …

poverty, analysis of children's living standards, state versus federal responsibilities, welfare reform and the emphasis on …

, school and local area when growing up, on earnings capacity and poverty risk once they reach adulthood. …

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 …

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