affected the income position of high-income pensioners. However, also the structure of public pension benefits had a poverty …

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the … poverty reducing as the one in force (or more in some dimensions), and a generator of greater welfare. …

social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme … average share of household income from welfare transfers), low-income targeting, and universalism - and poverty and … developed and developing countries. Consistent with Korpi and Palme, we show (1) poverty is negatively associated with transfer …

. 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 …