The severe economic crisis affecting Greece is widely expected to have a significant social impact in terms of greater … inequality and increased poverty. We provide an early assessment of whether (and to what extent) this is the case. More …

-entrance in January 2001 this paper develops a rigorous estimation procedure. The estimates provide statistical evidence of … increased central bank intervention activities in the run-up to the Greek EMU entrance. Thus the modelling and estimation …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …

Relative poverty lines such as one-half of median income have been widely used in poverty comparisons. The U ….S. government has also been urged to adopt the notion of relative poverty lines. This paper contributes to the literature by … developing statistical inferences for testing poverty measures with relative poverty lines. The poverty measures we consider are …