poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher …

point is afforded by the status of a focus axiom in the measurement of poverty. Focus requires that a measure of poverty … poverty indices advanced in the literature satisfy an income-focus but not a population-focus axiom. This, it is argued in the … present paper, makes for an incoherent underlying conception of poverty. The paper provides examples of poverty measures which …

This paper examines three possible approaches to pro-poor growth. The first one assumes that the poverty line remains … constant in real terms over time. The second perspective examines the case where the poverty line is equal to half the median … of the income distribution but assumes that such a poverty line is determined exogenously. Finally the authors also …

. Various forms of poverty, inequality, polarization and income mobility structures are considered and much of the conventional …

shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German …

selects on household income. We model whole-household migration and its impacts on income inequality and poverty using a … poverty based on the remaining sample are not necessarily biased. This finding is similar to those in previous research on the … effects of attrition on panel data studies. We also analyze the changes in inequality and poverty due to whole …

income. Hence effective education policies should be an essential component of any poverty-reduction strategy. …

migration, which has become increasingly popular in many Eastern European countries. Our findings indicate that poverty is a …