we then combine to arrive at estimates of overall poverty from 1970 to 2000. However, data for the last few years of this … that these estimates are worst case estimates of poverty trends after 1995. An alternative, less pessimistic estimate is … to arrive at overall estimates of inequality and poverty; next we discuss the trends in poverty as derived from our data …

I examine the question whether social insurance is an appropriate means of redistribution in the presence of an …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … redistribution of income is connected with serious disincentives, influencing the preferences for work and leisure as well as for … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality …

tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …

There is now a consensus that economic growth is a dominant determinant of poverty. That is, poverty reduction requires … raises mean income and reduces the proportion of the population living below any absolute poverty line. It is generally … believed that growth that is distribution neutral has a greater impact on poverty reduction than growth that generates …