disability can reduce an individual’s capability set. The useof the derived capability measure instead of traditional income in …In this paper we attempt to assess empirically the capability set ofthe disabled. We formulate the assumptions under … which capability canbe interpreted as needs-adjusted disposable household income, and useequivalence scales methodology to …

gender asymmetry in poverty can account for a substantial fraction of these missing women. Using a natural experiment, I link … profile of women's bargaining power and construct relative poverty rates for women. I find that bargaining power declines with … age, and that women's relative poverty rates closely match their higher than expected mortality rates by age. This match …

economies of scale are understated (as is the case when using the 'square root of household size'), the relative poverty …

economies of scale are understated (as is the case when using the 'square root of household size'), the relative poverty …

or transitory poverty than households where a disability is not present. Yet, these households are no more likely to end … investigate both the immediate effects of shocks on household's income and assets, and the longer-term poverty dynamics of … that policies for DHs should address these natural shocks, our poverty dynamics analysis paints a different picture …

Relative poverty in the UK has risen massively since 1979 mainly because of increasing worklessness, rising earnings … dispersion and benefits indexed to prices, not wages. So poverty is now at a very high level. The economic forces underlying this … tail in the skill distribution, there is no practical possibility of policy reducing relative poverty to 1979 levels. …

Poverty and disability are interrelated, but data that can disentangle to what extent one causes the other and vice …, show less of a link between disability and poverty, supporting the hypothesis that improvements in infrastructure and …. Using small area estimation techniques, we uncover three findings not yet found in the literature. First, disability …

Relative poverty in the UK has risen massively since 1979 mainly because of increasing worklessness, rising earnings … dispersion and benefits indexed to prices, not wages. So poverty is now at a very high level. The economic forces underlying this … tail in the skill distribution, there is no practical possibility of policy reducing relative poverty to 1979 levels. …