position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic situation of the sending countries through remittances and rise …

inequality relate to changes in consumption and poverty. In addition, we examine whether there has been convergence in inequality … and median consumption expenditure increased. At the same time, poverty incidence and severity increased precipitously … regions in consumption or poverty levels. We also find that durable goods expenditures are the biggest contributor to …

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 …

and youth - over the last two decades. The paper shows that while Tunisia has significantly reduced poverty between 2000 … and 2019, the profile of the poor has not changed much: poverty remains concentrated in rural and western regions, mainly … agriculture and construction. Moreover, the share of the vulnerable Tunisian population at risk of falling into poverty is quite …

poverty is associated with reduced university aspirations from the perspective of the youth and their mother. Further, poverty … depth matters less than incidence. In terms of magnitude, poverty contributes to about 10-15 percent of the observed … findings. Results therefore suggest that alleviating child poverty and easing post-secondary financial barriers among the poor …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …

One of the central concerns in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been the reduction of poverty and inequality …

experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record … inequality in employment outcomes, as well as of idiosyncratic changes such as tax reforms. -- income inequality ; poverty …

Headcount measures of poverty are by far the most common tools for evaluating poverty and gauging progress in global … development goals. The headcount ratio, or the prevalence of poverty, and the headcount, or the number of the poor, both convey … tangible information about poverty. But both ignore the depth of poverty, so they arguably present distorted views of the …