consumption patterns seem to be related to the persistence of poverty. We offer an explanation for this observation, based on a …Poor families around the world spend a large fraction of their income on consumption of goods that appear to be useless … in alleviating poverty, while saving at very low rates and neglecting investment in health and education. Such …

This paper examines the effects of poverty and schooling returns on child labor in Vietnam using household-level data … from the Vietnam Living Standards Survey (VLSS) for 1997-98. I find that poverty is a robust determinant of child labor in … Vietnam. Being above the poverty line reduces child work by as much as 146 hours a year. There is little additional effect of …

We argue that inter-country comparisons of income poverty based on poverty lines uniformly reflecting the costs of the … uniform approach to poverty assessment based on basic human capabilities for three countries: Nicaragua, Tanzania, and Vietnam …. We compute standard errors of the resulting poverty estimates and compare the incidence of poverty across these three …

Current literature based on analyses of rural income volatility in China decompose poverty into chronic and transient … components using longitudinal survey data and assesses the fraction of the Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke poverty gap attributable … to mean income over time being below the poverty line. Resulting estimates of 40-50% transient poverty point to the …

The purpose of this paper is to inquire into the effects of health and education on income distribution and poverty in … selected SAARC countries. A model of income inequality along with a model of poverty, with some explanatory variables, are … the health and education status in SAARC countries will reduce income inequality and poverty. The results of the empirical …

these remittance flows affect poverty andinequality in migrants’ home areas? To answer this question, we take advantage … shocks, aggregate poverty rates decline even in households withoutmigrant members. However, we find no strong evidence of …

subtle insights into the relationships between gender and poverty. …

a surge after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro … education, nutrition and health. The high degree of inequality is important for explaining the disappointing results in poverty … reduction. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) gives priority to investment in education and health supply. In countries …

consumption patterns seem to be related to the persistence of poverty. We offer an explanation for this observation, based on a …Poor families around the world spend a large fraction of their income on consumption of goods that appear to be useless … in alleviating poverty, while saving at very low rates and neglecting investment in health and education. Such …

after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro-poor to some …, nutrition and health. The high degree of inequality is important for explaining the disappointing results in poverty reduction …. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) gives priority to investment in education and health supply. In countries like …