The issue of the links between poverty, health, and access to medical care is one that has received considerable attention from a variety of perspectives. Health influences most other activities of life, from the ability to engage in learning to the ability to enjoy life itself. It is therefore...

This paper was presented at the conference "Unequal incomes, unequal outcomes? Economic inequality and measures of well-being" as part of session 1, "Health status of children and households in poverty." The conference was held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on May 7, 1999. This paper...

The goal of securing adequate resources in retirement dominates the ongoing debate regarding social security reforms designed to accommodate the demographic transformation and to provide minimum income security to retired workers. Policy proposals concerned with the implication of future public...