investigates the impact of the social security transfers on poverty in Vietnam. It is found that both pensions and social … expenditure than social allowances. Pensions and social allowances reduce poverty of the recipients as well as the whole …Although there is no doubt that social security can help poverty reduction, their effect on poverty reduction can vary …

. 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%. …

Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), we document that the incidence and intensity of poverty among pensioners in Italy are far … characteristics. Some groups present high poverty risks. Moreover, the pension reforms implemented since 1992 will curb the benefits … such cohorts the poverty risk after retirement has sharply risen. Changes in the social insurance pension schemes can …

. 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%. …

Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China’s aging population …

Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …

of incomes of future generations. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. From a policy point of view, we analyse poverty … was expensive but that it provided effective - albeit not efficient - poverty relief. From a methodological point of view …, we demonstrate the usefulness of bootstrapping techniques for statistical inference for poverty and inequality measures …

its inequality and poverty, and is looking towards the future with greater optimism than in the past. As the region grows …, new problems appear that economic policymakers must address. How to provide adequate pensions for the elderly is one such … only in the lack of coverage, but also in the low level of benefits, even of contributory pensions. It argues that to …