This paper studies income poverty among the 50+ population in 10 EU countries using newly collected data from the SHARE …. Relative income poverty range from 10 percent (in Sweden) to 22 percent (in Switzerland). Logistic regression estimates show … (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) project. A measure of the household's disposable annual income is used …

positive average effects on employment, earnings, and income, and generally negative effects on poverty rates, although the …

welfare on individual well-being constitutes a significant issue. This paper studies the disposable income and poverty among … disposable income and other financial and labor market outcomes and thereby give a well-founded analysis of the financial well … poverty. We conclude that leaving welfare is not always associated with becoming financially better off, and post welfare well …

The transitional economies of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) have enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth and poverty … households. The paper assesses the relative importance of these transfers for welfare and poverty in Moldova, the poorest country … effective in improving welfare and reducing poverty whereas social assistance transfers have little or no effect. Social …

low-income people living in developing countries. The universal health insurance scheme, launched recently by the Prime ….e., cost, quality and access) used by the low-income people as well as through its access to financing of health care. In this …

1990 and the effects on poverty. To produce comparability between two household surveys, they use survey matching … significant decrease in the poverty headcount over the period and small but insignificant decreases in the country's extremely … high levels of inequality. Decomposition analysis shows that poverty reduction in Namibia is largely driven by growth in …

economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …

of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its …In this paper, I first summarize how the US Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) operates and describe the characteristics …

traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … personal factors reduces the estimate of income immobility by around 30 percent. There are also large variations in country …-specific income mobility (estimated to explain some additional 10 percent of inter-temporal income variation). Analyzing the …