distribution of earnings and for the distribution of household income per capita. A large share of the poverty reducing effect of …Does more education really mean less poverty and less inequality? How much less? What are the transmission mechanisms …-based policies aimed at increasing educational attainment would have substantial impacts on poverty reduction, but muted effects on …

This study aims at examining the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on human development and poverty reduction in …

(necessary for college entrance). Our results indicate that long-term poverty of the Roma is strongly associated with their high … drop-out rate after 8th grade. Roma poverty has increased considerably with the massive layoffs of unskilled workers since … helps overcoming the adverse effects of long-term poverty on schooling outcomes. …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …

In the Italian public debate growing attention has been recently paid to ?household impoverishment?. Subjective …, estimates based on the Bank of Italy?s Survey of Household Income and Wealth reveal a surprising stability of income …

Concomitant to the analysis of poverty is the measurement of vulnerability. Estimates of household vulnerability to … household characteristics. Resulting vulnerability estimates are found to be higher than poverty rates, suggesting that policy … income poverty are developed using a modified probit model that considers volatilities in income as being explained by some …

-state to the household, and particularly to poor households in the transition and developing economies of the former Soviet … exacerbate these problems. By calling attention to growing household vulnerability to energy and water insecurities, particularly …

We investigate the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally …