This study uses data from Malaysia's Household Income and Expenditure Surveys to quantify the importance of different … factors accounting for rising mean income and falling poverty in the two periods. …

This study uses data from Malaysia's Household Income and Expenditure Surveys to quantify the importance of different … factors accounting for rising mean income and falling poverty in the two periods. …

Poverty in Brazil and Chile; The Role of Transaction Costs in Explaining Economic Performance and Income Distribution: Some …

fertility, mating, labor force participation, and household structure, while at the same time including information on the … importance of different income sources. The decomposition is applied to household survey data from 35 countries from 6 regions in …

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

LAC by exploiting this new dataset, combined with the national household surveys. The authors estimate levels and patterns …, and compare the results with those from household surveys. …

poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper is to describe the main trends in the … data set (household surveys). Therefore, the study does not explore the causes of poverty in the MIC sector or the factors …This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential …

patterns of indigenous poverty over time. In addition, the first section examines some of the historical determinants that can … explain the disproportionate poverty confronting Latin America's indigenous peoples today and provides an overview of diverse … with measures to combat indigenous poverty through the policies and programs of governments and international actors …