the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …

, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest … inequality in income is higher for men than for women both in Belgium and in the Netherlands. In order to minimize poverty and …) poverty rates are much higher than in the Netherlands (universal minimum pension). Poverty rates are higher for elderly women …

This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …

different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A … affected the income position of high-income pensioners. However, also the structure of public pension benefits had a poverty …

-government poverty rates climb by three to four percentage points once we account for households' medical expenses. We find that …

Family 500 +) on inequality and poverty. The analysis is based on micro-level household data from the Luxembourg Income Study … (LIS) and Statistics Poland. We examine the changes in various indicators of inequality and poverty (Gini index, subjective … and relative poverty rates) and their decomposition. We find evidence that the program substantially reduces inequality …

inequality in poverty. This overemphasis on an 'individual-level' variable results in relatively less attention to the role of …) relates to Black-White inequality in poverty among single mother households and among married with children households in the … U.S. South. Results: There is an impact of the legacy of slavery on Black-White inequality in poverty even within family …

The isograph methodology is developed here with associated distributions, indicators of inequality, additional results … inequality analyses with a larger conceptualization of "morphology of inequality," not reduced to a Gini (or the like) measure. …

economic exclusion of immigrants, conceptualized not as labor market outcomes but as relative poverty. This study examines the … relationship between welfare generosity and immigrant poverty across rich western democracies and compares this relationship with … that of native poverty. One publicly held belief is that immigrants disproportionately benefit from welfare generosity …