This paper examines the effects of the reduction in tariff rates in the Philippines from 1994 to 2000 on unemployment …, distribution and poverty using a CGE-microsimulation approach wherein the representative household assumption in the traditional …

-Japan bilateral agreements on unemployment, income distribution and poverty. The results indicate contraction in agriculture but … industry. Unemployment in agriculture deteriorates while in industry improves. Thus income inequality worsens. However, poverty … has the least poverty incidence while rural has the highest. The generally favourable poverty effects are due to the …

Using data from the German SOEP, this paper analyses whether there have been (a) any significant changes in poverty … rates and poverty intensities before and after the Hartz IV reforms and (b) whether there have been observable changes in … the effect of employment in reducing the threat or intensity of poverty. Using multivariate analyses we can find no …

experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …

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 … economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher …

countries with respect to poverty reduction, the distribution of income within countries, the distribution of income between …