find that poverty defined with respect to relative incomes has no effect on changes in health. However, broader measures of … poor material conditions such as subjective poverty or low relative value of wealth significantly increase the probability … analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …

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 …

find that poverty defined with respect to relative incomes has no effect on changes in health. However, broader measures of … poor material conditions such as subjective poverty or low relative value of wealth significantly increase the probability … analysed.In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …

used to assess economic well-being and poverty rates. Yet, because households can use wealth to consume more than income … authors use data from the Health and Retirement Study to find income-based poverty rates which they compare with poverty rates … as measured in the Current Population Survey. They use HRS consumption data to calculate a consumption-based poverty rate …

The economic status of older Americans has improved dramatically since 1960. Today, the poverty rate for those 65 and … over is about the same as for those aged 18-64. But substantial pockets of poverty remain, especially among older non …

economic exclusion of immigrants, conceptualized not as labor market outcomes but as relative poverty. This study examines the … relationship between welfare generosity and immigrant poverty across rich western democracies and compares this relationship with … that of native poverty. One publicly held belief is that immigrants disproportionately benefit from welfare generosity …

reducing poverty in old age. The transition from work to retirement is no longer economically perilous for the vast majority of … older American workers. For most married couples, the risk of falling into poverty even several years after retirement is … greatest risk of falling into poverty in old age now comes after the death of a spouse, as the survivor faces life after …

alleviate poverty in old-age across low and middle income countries, attention should be given to the potential acceleration of …

Although the Social Security program has substantially reduced poverty among older Americans, 17.3 percent of … nonmarried elderly women (widowed, divorced, or never married) are living in poverty today. This paper explores several policy … options designed to reduce poverty by enhancing Social Security widow(er)'s benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits …

Providing a decent living standard and preventing old-age poverty are the two major challenges of pension insurance … schemes. Replacement rates below the poverty line despite many years of contribution represent a major challenge for public … perspective and considers household retirement incomes in the light of analysing old-age poverty and designing (minimum) pension …