households headed by men. We analyze the determinants of consumption, shock exposure and vulnerability to poverty. Using unique … and less vulnerable to poverty than households with a male head. In Vietnam de jure female-headed households are … consumption poorer and more vulnerable to poverty. In Thailand de jure female-headed households do not differ significantly from …

Conference of 2009. Topics covered include the environmental implications of globalization; wealth, poverty, and consumption …

</titre> <alinea/> This article discusses the role social security and means-tested transfers play on poverty and … and social assistance systems. Then, using simulations based on micro-data from the National Household Survey (PNAD, 2007 …), it estimates the impact on poverty and income inequality indicators of eight different combinations of cash transfers. It …

The paper is concerned with poverty in Romania during a period of economic growth (2000-2008). The poverty incidence … and profile before financial and economic crisis and the evolution of poverty in the context of economic growth and of a … strong increase of households income have been studied, aiming to identify who is the most vulnerable at poverty risk and to …

‐oriented cooperation between state and business. Economic growth has remained weak, however, and income poverty persists as the economy … continues down an inegalitarian growth path that fails to reduce unemployment and thus has little effect on poverty. This paper …