the causal relationships between income inequality, poverty and globalisation. Inequality is negatively correlated to … globalisation, and globalisation reduces poverty. …

and absolute poverty alleviation, although some important counter-examples emerge. …

This study aimed to identify the major factors underlying the large discrepancy in poverty levels between two Brazilian … these characteristics differentially impact on the risk of poverty in each group. A detailed decomposition of both effects … explains a large part of the discrepancy in poverty levels, with education and labor variables of household members explaining …

In the context of South Africa's pervasive poverty and mass unemployment, households provide an important private …

In the context of South Africa's pervasive poverty and mass unemployment, households provide an important private …

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution …

better average living standards than otherwise similar districts: larger household consumption, lower poverty rate, and …

role. We also find four types of poverty traps, associated with large initial household size, poor initial education, poor …