Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …

. The current practice of ignoring inequality within households could lead to an underestimation of both overall inequality … various effects. In total, two opposing effects, one on mean and one on inequality, compensate each other in terms of the … percent of inequality in Senegal. The authors uncover the fact that household structure and organization are key correlates of …

suggests it is context and method specific. Although changes in poverty and inequality are always statistically significant …