) poverty rates are much higher than in the Netherlands (universal minimum pension). Poverty rates are higher for elderly women … tested on two cases namely Belgium and the Netherlands. Based on micro data on household income as found in the LIS database …, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest …

In this paper I examine the trend in income inequality and poverty among the selfemployed workers in Mexico over the … last two decades (1984–2002). This is the period over which Mexico opened its economy to the global market through trade … and investment liberalization. For the first decade following the liberalization, inequality and poverty among the self …

poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural … target group, we find that the mental health of elderly adults in the program is significantly improved, as their score on …

living in poverty. Households with a beneficiary increased their level of consumption by 44 percent. The program improved … (2020) and Galiani, Gertler and Bando (2016) in their studies on the non-contributory pension schemes in Peru and Mexico … Peru and Mexico and add to the construction of external validity. …

beneficiary population by studying the Pension 65 program in Peru, which uses a poverty eligibility threshold. We find that the …) in their study on a non-contributory pension scheme in Mexico. Thus, we conclude that the effects of non …-contributory pensions on well-being in rural Mexico can be largely generalized to Peru. …

German Pension Insurance Office on a large cohort of pensioners to find out how the old-age poverty rate would be affected by …

many development issues such as poverty reduction and social security, and despite the fact that population ageing will … fiscal burden on Ukraine, it significantly reduced the propensity of falling into poverty for those in retirement. …

greater share of benefits from economic growth. Household size was a critical determinant of poverty levels. Sector of … employment also impacts on the probability of a household being poor; with those in agriculture being relatively worse off. The … need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the …

In 2006, poverty incidence in the Philippines went up by 3 percentage points from 2003, marking a reversal against the … downward trend in previous poverty estimates. This upward trend went against expectations after the Philippine economy … further add to the already difficult work of reducing poverty. The MDG deadline looms ahead and time is running out in the …

versus poverty targeted transfers. The comparison of transfers to children and the elderly also supports the view that …This paper compares for 13 Latin American countries the poverty and inequality impacts of cash transfer programs that … are given to all children and the elderly (that is, categorical transfers), to programs of equal budget that are confined …