to data from 12 countries, and investigate resource shares, gender gaps, and poverty at the individual level. We reject … equal sharing, and find large gender gaps in resource shares, and consequently in poverty rates, in some countries. …

fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty …

of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …

finds that the main factor contributing to poverty reduction has been individuals' changes in labor earnings, and the role … constraining the period's remarkable progress in poverty reduction and expansion of the middle class. …

poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …

This paper examines the allocation of resources of poverty rates within households in Suriname. To this end we employ a …

This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are … heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …