The objective of this paper is to estimate the length of poverty spells and its determinants. We analyze if short …-term changes in the labor market affect the probability of staying in poverty. On the assumption that poverty transitions occur … estimation techniques which control cases of right- and left-censoring. The most important results are: how longer the poverty …

Raising the minimum wage in developing countries could increase or decrease poverty, depending on labor market … poor households. Whether raising minimum wages reduces poverty depends not only on whether formal sector workers lose jobs …

changes on employment, prices, consumption, and poverty. …

Poverty reduction has long been one of the political priorities of the European Union and its member states. Despite … the political declarations and measures applied, poverty is still a phenomenon that affects the everyday lives of about 70 … million Europeans. Moreover, trends in poverty incidence show how poverty risks are sensitive to overall socio …

-access Panel Study of Income Dynamics data from 1970 to 2019 to study how Walmart Supercenter openings affect poverty, tax … Supercenter leads to a 2 percentage point (16%) increase in poverty. This increase is channeled through declining annual earnings … and persists for 10 years following the Supercenter's entry. Increases in poverty are particularly strong for younger and …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its …

This paper explores the relationship between microcredit and poverty reduction. To investigate this question, we posit … supply constraints to the household's graduation from poverty. These constraints are difficult to overcome in a traditional … women's trajectory of economic success. -- microcredit ; poverty reduction ; labour market ; intra-household decision-making …