measured by the Gini coeffcient isconstant, dening the poverty line as a fraction of a central tendency of theliving standard … distribution restricts the evolution of the poverty measuresto be stable... …

investigate properties of poverty indices.The method we propose is to exploit credible distributional assumptions to …: generateadditional properties for poverty indices; relate the latters to the incidenceof poverty and to an inequality index; enrich the … sensibility analysis of povertyindices; derive new families of relative poverty lines...derived. …

We derive an explicit formula of the Watts’ poverty index, in terms of parametersof bivariate lognormal distributions … prices and nominal living standards in poverty; interpret the e¤ects on povertyof changes in price distributions; estimate … poverty when only means and variancesof price indices and nominal living standards are known.Using data from peasants in …

We pursue an economic approach to analysing poverty. This requires a focus onthe variables that individuals can … demographic andemployment transitions as the driving forces behind changes in poverty. Weconstruct a dataset covering event … demographic and poverty data reasonably well. We investigate theimportant parameters and processes for differences in individuals …

Families with disabled children are susceptible to poverty because low incomeis compounded by high costs. Combing … reportoutlines issues that must be addressed if reduce poverty amongst disabledchildren is to be reduced.[...] …

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

In July 2000, the Taipei City Government launched an anti-poverty program,Taipei Family Development Accounts, which …

This paper argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamicsbenefits from taking a life cycle perspective. A …