household and thus yield a biased assessment of individual poverty and poverty by age or gender. In this paper we first show … household-based measure. Similarly, the age differentials in poverty are much larger using the individual-based measure. Using a …Income-based as well as most existing multidimensional poverty indices (MPI) assume equal distribution within the …

Anti-poverty policies often aim to reach poor individuals by targeting poor households. However, intra-household … individual-level poverty rates that account for intra-household inequality. We show that women, children, and the elderly face … undernourished individuals are spread across the household per-capita expenditure distribution. We then quantify the extent of food …

and household type, calculating poverty lines for homeowners, renters (both at market prices and below them), and free …The literature has traditionally approached fuel poverty as a result of poverty. Fuel poor are those households who … cannot pay fuel bill and have to live in cold ambient, with grave effects on their health. As fuel poverty is actually …

.Widowhood poverty is no greater than that overall,but the picture changes dramatically if we allow economies of household size …This study investigates on Pakistani and South African data gender issues in household behavior.A test for gender bias …

This paper attempts to estimate the impact of PDS on poverty and calorie deficiency. First we have undertaken an … access to the PDS. Next we estimate its impact on poverty levels (as is conventionally defined) due to the existence of the …

been paid to the relative vulnerability of two well-defined household groups during the transition. Some observers argue … substantial decline in living standards under reform and show strikingly higher rates of measured poverty than pensioner … viewpoints about the relative poverty of old and young households be arbitrated? Lanjouw, Milanovic, and Paternostro show that …

Abstract: Informal risk-sharing is often cited as a key factor for sustainable poverty alleviation in developing … informal risk-sharing more reliable, thus alleviating the vulnerability to poverty. Even in areas with developed financial … to poverty will be reduced but not vanish if households participate in the formal risk-sharing market. Confucian culture …

This study investigates the impact of the gender of household's head on the determinants of monetary poverty in Benin … female household's heads was lower than that of their male counterpart, but in some cities the poverty depth is higher. Based … Republic, using data collected during the 1999 living standard measurement survey in rural and in urban areas. The results show …

This study investigates the impact of the gender of the household head on the determinants of monetary poverty in the … among female household heads was lower than that of their male-headed counterparts, but in some cities the poverty gap was … Republic of Benin using data collected during the 1999 living standards measurement survey in the country's rural and urban …

. Remittances improve household welfare by significantly reducing the chances of recipient households living under the poverty line …This paper examines the impacts of international remittances on child labor and household welfare by presenting … evidence from Turkey. Remittances by alleviating resource constraints may improve household welfare and help reduce labor …