Relying on the present literature, official statistics, and household survey data in the People's Republic of China …, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … microdata from the German Federal Statistical Office's contribution to the European Union Statistics on Income and Living … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through …

cultural contexts of household economy, particularly women's roles in it, goes back to my childhood in Tehran, Iran, where I …