between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) on the other. Our base …

Focus in the paper is on poverty among immigrants and refugees 50 years and older coming to Denmark from countries … this group were fairly young at arrival to Denmark. Those arriving back in the 1970s and 1980s are now either close to or … become eligible for State pension. Poverty rates by national background are described using alternative household concepts …

successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by …

, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects poverty and inequality … and poverty rates by almost one-third. However, adjusting for differences in needs for public services across population … subgroups offsets about half the inequality reduction and some of the poverty decrease …

different normative focus of the two approaches and show that benefits have other aims than redistribution. Finally, our country …

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …

Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … Norway have an immigrant origin, and that corresponding proportion is as high as about a half in Denmark as well as in Sweden … data. While native children face yearly poverty risks of less than 10 percent in all three countries and for all years …