The puzzle of why the cycle of poverty persists and upward socioeconomic mobility is so difficult has long captivated scholars and the public alike. Yet with all of the attention that has been paid to poverty, the crucial role of the law, particularly state and local law, in perpetuating poverty...

The Spanish economy is growing strongly, but there is a risk that many people are being left behind. Unemployment, especially among young people and the low-skilled, remains very high. About half of all the unemployed have been unemployed for over a year and one third for more than two years. A...

Bei der Messung von Armut im Rahmen empirischer Analysen müssen zahlreiche Entscheidungen getroffen werden, die abhängig vom Analyseziel mit unterschiedlichen Konsequenzen verbunden sein können. Ziel des vorliegenden Discussion Papers ist ein Überblick über die verfügbaren Methoden sowie...

This paper aims to explain the immediate causes of per capita income growth, the decline in income inequality and poverty reduction in five different geographic regions - Brazil, the Northeastern region, the state of Bahia, the metropolitan area of Salvador and nonmetropolitan areas of Bahia -...

This paper examines the combined effect of interest rates and poverty levels of microfinance clients on loan size. Cross section data on 2,691 clients and non-clients households from Ghana is used to test the hypothesis of loan price inelasticity. Quantile regression and variants of least...

Laut Definition der EU gilt als arm, wer aufgrund von Ressourcenmangel Entbehrungen im Lebensstandard hinnehmen muss. Alternativ dazu lässt sich Armut auch über einen Mangel an Verwirklichungschancen messen. Für den multidimensionalen Armutsindex werden weitere Dimensionen betrachtet....

In contrast to his contribution to other areas, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay's contributions to our understanding of poverty are often thought of as indirect consequences of the main themes of his work. Yet in more than 15 published papers Gangopadhyay directly takes on poverty, including its...

Auf Basis einer qualitativen Analyse und Typisierung von 14 biographischen, 2013/14 durchgeführten Interviews mit von relativer Einkommensarmut betroffenen Menschen in städtischen und ländlichen Räumen Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns wird gezeigt, wie sich Armut im Alltag äußert. Weniger...

This paper explores the labor market, poverty, inequality and pro-poor growth dynamics in the recent economic crisis and recovery in Argentina. In the labor market it is possible to see the diverging experience of the economic crisis and recovery. For instance, the unemployed were more likely to...

In order to track progress in MDG1 and explicitly link growth, inequality, and poverty reduction, several measures of pro-poor growth have been proposed in the literature and used in applied academic and policy work. These measures, particularly the ones derived from the growth incidence curve,...