Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional … countries. We offer a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics for Russia, using the … composition.The adjustments for the equivalence of scales result in lower estimates of poverty lines. We decompose poverty into …

In contrast to his contribution to other areas, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay's contributions to our understanding of poverty … Gangopadhyay directly takes on poverty, including its estimate and understanding its sources. Our contribution honours Gangopadhyay … poverty incidence. We highlight how far it can take us, and how it still leaves us far short of understanding much of what …

commercialization and transfer of technologies, and increased income inequality and concentration of severe poverty in certain regions …

This study investigates the characteristics that contribute to elderly poverty, mainly focusing on individuals …' lifetime work experience. It adopts the heterogeneous relative poverty line which differs by gender, province of residence and … Study's survey data for 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. The objective is to estimate poverty amongst elderly and explain its …

for the rich. Similarly, in villages with higher inequality, individuals report less satisfaction with life. However, when … compared to the effect of absolute income, these effects (i.e. relative income and local inequality) are modest. Amongst other …

experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …We examine the causes for rising income inequality in Europe's most populous economy. From 2000 to 2006, Germany …. Other factors that possibly contributed to the rise in income inequality were changes in the tax system, changes in the …

, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects poverty and inequality … subgroups offsets about half the inequality reduction and some of the poverty decrease … and administrative registers we find that the inclusion of non-cash income reduces income inequality by about 15 percent …

, stable, and non-means-tested benefit. Its main aims are to mitigate poverty and subsequently promote self …