The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts … paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a …

greater share of benefits from economic growth. Household size was a critical determinant of poverty levels. Sector of … employment also impacts on the probability of a household being poor; with those in agriculture being relatively worse off. The … need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the …

"abgehängten Unterklasse" gesehen. In anderen Szenarien erscheinen große Teile der Gesellschaft vom Absturz in die Armut bedroht … auftreten, in die Analyse ein, so zeigt sich eine Zunahme verfestigter Armut. Eine Ausbreitung der Prekarität, d. h. des … Pendelns zwischen der "Mitte" und der "Armut", ist nicht zu beobachten. Hauptbetroffene verfestigter Armut sind nach wie vor …

, affordability of energy among the poorest should receive increasing attention. Measures of fuel poverty and deprivation with respect …

index is illustrated with an application to Chinese urban household data drawn from six provinces in the years 1987 and 2001 … (years spanning the growth and urbanization period subsequent to the economic reforms). The data relates to household adult … household which is a discrete variable. For this data set combining the characteristics changes the view of polarization that …

This paper examines three possible approaches to pro-poor growth. The first one assumes that the poverty line remains … constant in real terms over time. The second perspective examines the case where the poverty line is equal to half the median … of the income distribution but assumes that such a poverty line is determined exogenously. Finally we also propose a …

Armut vor Eintritt in das Rentenalter ansetzen sollte. …Which groups have particularly low pension entitlements and are therefore most at risk of poverty in old age …, unemployment, raising children or caring for relatives, all of which result in low pensions. Those who are most at risk of poverty …