inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … the government budget on the income distribution in Brazil, and evaluates its efficiency and effectiveness in reducing …

surrounding, the shantytowns of Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil. We use an extensive survey addressing risk factors faced by the … parenthood, child labor, and poverty in pushing teenagers out of school is subject to particular attention. The potential …. Extreme poverty is another factor lowering school attendance, as children who have suffered hunger at some point in their …

The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty inUkraine during transition … various poverty lines... …

counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposingchanges in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax …

Until now there have been no national estimates of the extent of poverty in Britain at the turnof the 20th century … deficiencies. Weuse these data to estimate urban poverty in the British Isles in 1904... …