income of the pensioners fell behind that of workers and relative poverty increased. The analysis shows that the limited … resources of many of the elderly put them close to a socially interesting poverty line. Income inequality among the elderly has … characterized by increased influence from the financial market and extreme economic events - using data from the Household Income …

of the urban population in work-active ages and use data from the Chinese Income Project (CHIP) covering eastern, central … being employed as a worker of high rank. There is relatively little income inequality among workers of high rank as well as … among workers of middle rank. Mean income and household wealth per capita of highly-ranked workers developed more favorably …

having a very clear spatial character. Poverty is concentrated to the western region and villages with low average income …Poverty among ethnic minorities and the majority in rural China for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 is investigated … taking a dynamic view and using a large sample covering 22 provinces. Based on the National Bureau of Statistics' low income …

In this paper we study determinants of relative poverty among immigrants and natives in Denmark and Sweden during the … countries have followed the same principles regarding immigration policy, i.e. immigration from low income countries has been … restricted to tied movers and refugees. We use 60 percent of the median in the distribution of equivalent disposable as poverty …

living in a household with a disposable income lower than a poverty line that represents a constant purchasing power all … years, as well as poverty lines defined as 60 percent of contemporary median income. Clear reductions of poverty from 1925 …This paper investigates the development of poverty in Sweden using micro data derived from tax files for the city of …