recently and thus cannot explain the rising welfare receipt. Following theoretical predictions, the probability that a rational …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …-off. Finally, we show that in the past few years poverty rates were much more sensitive to changes in inequality than in average …

claim costs borne by welfare-recipients into the measurement of pensioner poverty. We find that allowing for implicit claim … costs in this way has a non-negligible impact on poverty measurement. …

. Using the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measure of poverty among pensioners, we find that allowing for implicit claim costs … incurred by benefit recipients raises the measured degree of poverty by not more than 16%. …

. Using the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measure of poverty among pensioners, we find that allowing for implicit claim costs … incurred by benefit recipients raises the measured degree of poverty by not more than 13%. …

This article discusses the impact of structural adjustment on poverty and inequality and overall social welfare in … Pakistan over the adjustment decade (1988–99) based on household surveys. It provides an indepth analysis of poverty during … incidence of poverty has increased and the real wages of both skilled and unskilled labour fell sharply. Overall, the likely …

redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty … unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance …

therefore propose a multi-dimensional definition, rooted in the ideas of empowerment and capability, and find that the …

This paper examines multidimensional poverty for three waves of a cohort of Irish children ranging from ages 9 to 17 …. Poverty is measured over the dimensions of health, education and family resources and both unidimensional and multidimensional … multidimensional poverty is also analysed. The greatest degree of mobility is observed with respect to family resources. Mobility also …

This paper examines multidimensional poverty for three waves of a cohort of Irish children ranging from ages 9 to 17 …. Poverty is measured over the dimensions of health, education and family resources and both unidimensional and multidimensional … multidimensional poverty is also analysed. The greatest degree of mobility is observed with respect to family resources. Mobility also …