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Mental Retirement and Non-Contributory Pensions for the Elderly Poor in Peru

Novella, Rafael - 2014

This paper analyses the effects of retirement on cognitive abilities for the elderly poor on the basis of the “mental retirement” effect that accompanies retirement. Given the recent emergence and expansion of non-contributory pension programs to alleviate poverty in old-age across low and...

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Gender Differences in Cognitive Ablilities Among the Elderly Poor of Peru

Novella, Rafael - 2014

This paper analyses gender differences on cognitive abilities for the elderly poor in Peru. We use a unique and recent survey for the elderly individuals living in poverty in Peru (ESBAM) that includes cognitive tests and a comprehensive set of socio-demographics and subjective and objective...

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Cognitive functioning among poor elderly persons: evidence from Peru

Novella, Rafael; Olivera, Javier - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 19, pp. 1-13

The recent emergence and expansion of non-contributory pension programmes across low- and middle-income countries responds and contributes to a larger attention towards the population of elderly individuals in developing countries. These programmes are intended to reduce poverty in old age by...

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Social Security Reform : A Budget Neutral Approach to Reducing Older Women's Disproportional Risk of Poverty

Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2011

Perhaps the single greatest achievement of social policy in the United States over the last three decades has been reducing poverty in old age. The transition from work to retirement is no longer economically perilous for the vast majority of older American workers. For most married couples, the...

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Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana

Seekings, Jeremy - 2017

Botswana's welfare state is both a parsimonious laggard in comparison with some other middle-income countries in Africa (such as Mauritius and South Africa) and extensive (in comparison with its low-income neighbours to the north and east). Coverage is broad but cash transfers are modest. This...

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Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007 through 2013

Mahrt, Kristi; Nanivazo, Malokele - 2015

growth in the 2000s along with a reduction in rural consumption poverty. This paper evaluates the extent to which recent …

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Multidimensional poverty of children in Mozambique

Mahrt, Kristi; Rossi, Andrea; Salvucci, Vincenzo; Tarp, Finn - 2018

We analyse the multidimensional wellbeing of children aged 0-17 in Mozambique and find that 46.3 per cent can be … provinces. We compare Mozambican children's wellbeing with that of children in other regional countries. Despite impressive … and poverty reduction experienced by the population as a whole translate into better living conditions for children. …

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The Supply of Child Labour

Cigno, Alessandro - 2004

The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It … labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated with the worst forms of child exploitation. The analysis is positive, but …

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Poverty and Children's Work in 19th and 20th Century Spain and Nowadays Developing Countries. First Results

Camps, Enriqueta - 2007

mandatory schooling of children shift the labour supply function to a new steady state in which the slope of the function is …In the first part of this paper we portray the relationship between mothers earnings, fertility and children's work in … steeper. According to recent papers this model applies to 20th century Spain and it causes the abolition of children's work …

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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments : Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform

Edmonds, Eric V. - 2007

Do the short and medium term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalization influence schooling and child labor decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in schooling and decline in...

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