transfer effect of social programs; and, fourth, it looks at some special issues that impact on poverty, namely unemployment …The present study focuses on four main objectives. First, it presents an update of poverty, and income distribution …, and the problems of indigenous peoples. Given the relatively high levels of unemployment, the persistence in educational …

Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context … poverty through better targeting of the truly needy while reducing administrative complexity …