This paper explores for the first time the relationship between immigration and poverty in Spain. Using the EU … Statistics on Income and Living Conditions 2006, we find that both moderate and severe poverty are more acute among migrants than … among nationals and social transfers play no substantial role in reducing poverty in the former case. In addition, using an …

This paper surveys a dozen international comparative studies of poverty, income distribution and older people in … over the past two decades in most countries. Although there remain pockets of poverty among the elderly, the old are …

This report surveys a dozen international comparative studies of poverty, income distribution and the elderly in OECD … there remain pockets of poverty among the elderly, most studies show that the old are represented proportionally or under …

The paper examines the causal relationship between disability and poverty among Indian elderly. Using different poverty … measures and statistical tests, the paper also attempts to analyze the depth of poverty among disabled elderly. A special round … relationship between poverty and disability. Further, our analysis suggests for higher level of poverty and income inequality among …

This paper looks at the impact of population dynamics on poverty in elderly-headed households in the Philippines using … probability of that household being poor. From the point of view of policy, addressing the alarming poverty incidence in the …

In this paper, the trend and determinants of health and poverty among the elderly in rural India is analysed. Two … independent and pooled datasets. Our analysis shows that levels of consumption poverty have declined marginally between 1995 …-96 and 2004 while increased proportion of elderly with poor health status is continued. Results suggest that poverty is one …