extent to which these schemes serve to reduce the risk of poverty among elderly. The main findings show that there is a … strong correlation between the resources allocated to the minimum pension schemes and the reduction in poverty risk among the …. On the one hand, they are more effective in reducing elderly poverty rates. On the other hand, they fail to ensure a …

. In particular, we quantify the extent to which these schemes contribute to alleviate elderly poverty across Europe …, they are more effective in reducing elderly poverty rates. On the other hand, they fail to ensure a level of financial well …

. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and … effects of social assistance, and the redistributive effects, and the incentives and distortion mechanisms that transfer …

inequality or poverty among elderly people. The results appear to be robust for a wide range of econometric specifications …

analysis of poverty. In this chapter, we examine the poverty incidence among older people across LIS countries, relying on data … from the Luxembourg Income Study. The data show that poverty rates are substantially reduced by redistribution via tax …/benefit systems (mainly via pension benefits). Furthermore, the data show that old-age poverty rates and the antipoverty effect of …

the transparency of social pension allocation were indeed achieved, such that possession of the Below Poverty Line ration …