food prices. Beyond traditional welfare metrics, women were affected by the fragility more so than men, where there was a … nearly universal drop in women's decision-making ability that did not differ based on a woman's bargaining position in the …

, have the potential to fully absorb the labor income shock for the poorest 40 percent and reduce poverty. Yet, these results … equilibrium growth model, shows that over 30 million workers in Brazil may see significant reductions in their labor income in … unemployment insurance system, reduces the income shock to 5.3 percent. Even so, an additional 8.4 million Brazilians could fall …

systematically larger for rice-producing households, generating a quasi-random source of variation in the size of the shock driven by …

transitions, urban women's employment has refused to budge, never crossing the 25 percent mark. This paper fills a critical gap in … policy research on women's employment in India. The discussion is situated in the normative construction of motherhood and … looks at household structure, and analyzes the effects of other household members on women's labor supply. The results show …

and poverty levels, as well as to the misclassification of some individuals as regards to their poverty status. Using a … overall poverty rate, but individual poverty statuses are affected. Intra-household consumption inequalities accounts for 14 … intra-household inequality and individual risk of poverty …

The effect of demographics on poverty measurement based on per capita consumption is well known. The size and … household. Failure to address this issue may often lead to an underestimation or overestimation of poverty, especially for … structures and choice of the pivot household for establishing the per capita poverty line. Based on the World Bank's African …

.3 million people (nearly 1 percent of the world's poor) into poverty …