The aim of this paper is to study the mechanisms behind poverty persistence in Spain. We examine the importance of past … poverty experiences for explaining current poverty as opposed to observed and unobserved individual heterogeneity. Our results … are based on the model proposed by Cappellari and Jenkins (J Appl Econometr 19:593–610, 2004a) that estimates poverty …

Undoubtedly, poverty reduction has become a front-burner issue in development and business agenda. Since its … announcement and defense by its advocates as a potent weapon against poverty, the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) concept has been …

Neue Analysen zur personellen Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland auf Basis der Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels … development, the poverty risk in western Germany fell slightly from 2009 to 2010, while it remained unchanged in the eastern part …income inequality ; Poverty risk ; SOEP …

strong relationship between economic freedom, poverty reduction and income inequality. Results reveal that larger the … business freedom and / or trade freedom, greater the economic growth. This will ultimately reduce poverty in the country …. -- economic freedom indicators ; pro-poor growth ; poverty ; inequality ; Pakistan …

greater share of benefits from economic growth. Household size was a critical determinant of poverty levels. Sector of … need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the … poverty in the different parts of the country. One size does not fit all. Deliberate effort of the government in …

-Kommission ("Enquete- Kommission") eingerichtet, die den Auftrag hat, mit Blick auf die Messung von Wachstum, Wohlstand und Lebensqualität …. Und zwar um neun weitere Indikatoren, die so unterschiedliche Aspekte wie die Einkommensverteilung, Artenvielfalt und …

The present article reviews poverty studies in Spanish Autonomous Communities using a new methodological approach. One … of the main concerns in those studies is poverty concentration in specific Spanish Autonomous Communities. This can be … the result of a bias due to use a unique national poverty line, since the circumstances of every family unit, specifically …