relationship between remittances and income. Measures of inequality and poverty based on actual, with-migration income and … remittances on poverty alleviation and income distribution are found to be stronger when the more rigorous, counterfactual income …We use original 2005 household survey data from Fiji and Tonga to estimate the impact of migration and remittances on …

different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A … affected the income position of high-income pensioners. However, also the structure of public pension benefits had a poverty …

is evidence about real income levels and inequality, and the prevalence of affluence and of poverty. …

suggest that these demographic factors can account for a of the actual increase in poverty and inequality between 1980 y 1992. … distribution. In this paper we study the effects of these demographic changes on two dimensions of the income distribution -poverty … and inequality- by applying microeconometric decompositions techniques. In particular, we simulate the equivalized …

The paper describes the issue of the impact of poverty and income inequality on the health of the population using … equity with respect to financing and access is undermined. It is emphasized that reducing poverty and income inequality … health to the disadvantage of the poor, and to changes in impoverishment and income inequality associated with payments for …

poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …