characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income …

income of the pensioners fell behind that of workers and relative poverty increased. The analysis shows that the limited … resources of many of the elderly put them close to a socially interesting poverty line. Income inequality among the elderly has … characterized by increased influence from the financial market and extreme economic events - using data from the Household Income …

Many European high-income countries face a rapid increase in the number of immigrants from low- and middle-income … faring? Here we study poverty rates and determinants of poverty among natives and persons born in Bosnia, Iran, Iraq …, Yugoslavia and Turkey living in Denmark or Sweden in 2010. Income data on all such persons aged 65 to 82 living in the two …

This paper examines immigrant poverty at an older age in Sweden with an emphasis on late-in-life immigrants. We analyse … tax data for the entire Swedish-born and non-Swedish-born population. The poverty status of a household is assessed using … two criteria. First, the disposable income of the household in which the person lived in 2007 must be below 60 per cent of …

poor material conditions such as subjective poverty or low relative value of wealth significantly increase the probability … find that poverty defined with respect to relative incomes has no effect on changes in health. However, broader measures of … analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …

poor material conditions such as subjective poverty or low relative value of wealth significantly increase the probability … find that poverty defined with respect to relative incomes has no effect on changes in health. However, broader measures of … analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …

Focus in the paper is on poverty among immigrants and refugees 50 years and older coming to Denmark from countries … become eligible for State pension. Poverty rates by national background are described using alternative household concepts …. Next, a number of background factors of relevance for poverty are summarized. We focus on age, gender, marital status …

program participation among low-income senior (age 60 and older) and non-senior households using data from the 2001 …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …

countries wealth affects life satisfaction more than income. In the countries for which consumption data are available (Britain …, results from panel regression fixed effects models indicate that changes in wealth, income and consumption all produce … with household income. The paper uses household economic panel data from five countries – Australia, Britain, Germany …