central importance of economic growth for poverty reduction and illustrates the difficulty of identifying specific …

consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

risks. Poverty has for several centuries been seen as a key social risk factor in these respects. Consequently, the fight … against poverty has historically been at the forefront of public health and social policy. The relation between relative … poverty rates and population health indicators is less self-evident, notwithstanding the obvious relation to the debated topic …

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

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

poverty among individuals within the same family structure. Background: Family structure is a dominant explanation for racial … inequality in poverty. This overemphasis on an “individual-level” variable results in relatively less attention to the role of … structure intersect in the context of poverty. Method: We use data from the Luxembourg Income Study, the American Community …

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

policies on poverty and inequality, and particularly the United Kingdom’s recent program to reduce child poverty. While best … poverty. …