The standard poverty lines applied in empirical research tend to be problematic in terms of validity, reliability, ease … related to actual differences in the 'production of poverty' in 11 countries, as measured by the generalised budget approach … substantially higher degree of poverty than representatives of the corporatist type (Belgium, Germany, France). Poverty in the …

The objective of this study was to examine the role of social security in fighting poverty in Metlaoui, Tunisia, using …

This paper shows that when - in the manner of the recent targeting literature - the resources available for poverty … relief are allocated across heterogeneous groups so as to minimize a 'well-behaved' index of aggregate poverty, the optimal … conditions for optimally-targeted benefits to be inversely related to needs are established under two polar forms of poverty …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality …

British or the Southern Greek financing system increases inequality and poverty, as well as labour supply incentives. The …

significant drop in their notoriously high levels of income inequality and poverty over the course of the first decade of the …