In this chapter, Miles Corak provides a useful overview of the state of knowledge on the issue of child poverty and … underlying causes and effects. Corak finds that, except for those families who are very well off and able to transfer wealth to … and it may be that the best argument for reducing child poverty and related programs is based on the actual and present …

has in fact been the reduction of poverty among senior citizens. According to Osberg, the poverty rate, defined with the … poverty line measured as one-half median equivalent income after taxes and transfers, for households headed by a person 65 or … over fell from 28.4 per cent in 1973 to 5.4 per cent in 1997, while the poverty gap or income shortfall below the poverty …

-human wealth and 2) an even more institutional theory of distribution demonstrating how the aforementioned institutions malignantly … was not a Ricardian when he penned his theories of wealth and distribution. They are based on a triple foundation. First …, a belief that economics is a moral discipline. Second a theory of custom-driven human behavior. Third, an empirically …

point we make two contributions. First we quantify the phenomena of poverty, richness, and inequality in housing comfort … significant rates of poverty (12.41%) and richness (22.03%). The evidence sustains that the differences between households derive …