This paper tests the sensitivity of poverty indexes to the choice of adult equivalence scales, assumptions about the … handle income miss reporting. We also perform sensitivity analysis to the use of different poverty lines and poverty indexes … the total population. Additionally, the ranking of countries with respect to poverty is also highly sensitive. This points …

the effects of four UBI schemes on poverty and inequality measures during normal times and times of crisis in Uganda and … benefit leads to higher poverty and inequality compared to existing benefits. By contrast, in Uganda, a country with only one … notable social protection programme, all UBI scenarios reduce poverty and inequality. Differences between welfare estimates …

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution … system of meanstested income support. -- minimum wage, wage distribution ; working poor ; poverty reduction ; microsimulation …

Conventional approaches to the measurement of income-poverty require the ability to identify the poor by reference to a … specified poverty line. On the face of it, it may appear to be unproblematic to specify such a poverty line. There are, however …, analytical and conceptual difficulties entailed in the identification exercise of poverty measurement, and many of these …

subsidy program, failed to significantly reduce poverty in Malawi. Official estimates for 2011 showed a 1.7 percentage point … decline in national poverty between 2005 and 2011, while rural poverty increased marginally. In this study we estimate an … alternative set of regional poverty lines using a cost of basic needs method that allows the consumption bundle to vary spatially …

Uganda has seen impressive economic growth and substantial poverty reductions over the past few decades. Today …, official headcount poverty stands at about 20 per cent. However, recent research relying on non-monetary wealth indicators … challenges official poverty statistics and suggests that headcount poverty is about 60 per cent higher. We argue that an outdated …