Poverty is generally defined as income or expenditure insufficiency, but the economic condition of a household also … depends on its real and financial asset holdings. This paper investigates measures of poverty that rely on indicators of … household net worth. We review and assess two main approaches followed in the literature: income-net worth measures and asset-poverty …

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

children. We assess the net effects of existing policies on poverty and low income and wealth. While best practices may be … outlive their husbands and have fewer claims on pensions and retirement wealth and maintain fewer productive capacities in the … efforts in fighting elder poverty, and by the Australian superannuation retirement income system. However, the developing …