It is widely held that people who work have no difficulty in avoiding poverty and guaranteeing their family a decent … people, sometimes even working full time. But, previous studies have failed to consider the extent of poverty among the … active and inactive poor people. Estimating Gini indices and poverty gaps for those groups gives a different idea of the …

We examine the poverty rates and the income configurations among Japan and the LIS countries. The LIS countries are … Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone … decreasing recently in Japan. In Japan and Taiwan even in households cohabiting with children, the poverty rates and income …

regard to greater inequality and/or higher poverty levels? Aspects such as social security coverage rates and how …

children in large families more likely to be in poverty than children in smaller families? Aggregate and survey microdata from … Western countries. The analysis finds, not surprisingly, that children in large families are more likely to be in poverty than … allowances to larger families, the probability of children being in poverty does not increase with family size once parents …

children. We assess the net effects of existing policies on poverty and low income and wealth. While best practices may be … efforts in fighting elder poverty, and by the Australian superannuation retirement income system. However, the developing …

The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … the population. It derives the implications of a between-type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for the … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in …