of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes … developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance …

, equity and poverty alleviation - and that it represents a significant determinant of household well-being, the same cannot be … capital measurement in the context of European Union because of its strong commitment in the fight against poverty (Bruxelles … measure it when the aim is to evaluate its impact on poverty reduction; then it turns to issues in measurement and finally …

Is the extreme poverty line a good measure of food insecurity and nutritional status? It is said that an individual who … is above the extreme poverty line has enough resources to achieve a basic food basket. In Peru, extreme poverty has … context, a question rises: is there any relationship between household’s calorie availability (demand) and labour productivity …

We examine the sensitivity of poverty comparisons across countries with dissimilar household needs when equivalence … scale parameters are varied. We use a sample of Spanish and British households, using both absolute and relative poverty …

indicators. The results suggest that poverty and female headship are strongly linked in rural Orissa, India. For eample, if we … draw a poverty line that corresponds to 15 per cent of the population who are poor, 12 per cent of people living in male … consumption as the welfare indicator. When 40 per cent poverty line is used, the differences are still large in economic terms and …

poverty from rural areas to large cities. First, a simple bifurcation of population in terms of poor and non-poor sub …-groups is examined along with the incidence of poverty across different categories of occupations and non-workers. Then, an … merely transfer rural poverty to urban areas, and further that population mobility yields improvement in the living standard …

private and public transfers. The study also examines the effect of economies of household size on the incidence of poverty …This paper uses household level unit record data from South Africa to examine the behavioural and welfare impacts of …

constructed from survey data have been used to measure poverty, to analyse changes in living standards, over time, and to assess … theoretical introduction followed by practical advice on how to construct a consumption aggregate from household survey data. …

between-district inequalities to national inequality and examines the relationship between household poverty and inequality … a significant effect on household poverty, but with varying signs. We surmise that the variation in signs is as a result … of the state of economic activity and factors that affect both poverty and inequality. …