Using an approach that complements standard income-based measures with broader measures of well-being this paper … income instability as measures of deprivation and analyzes their relationship with perceived and objective well-being. First … try to understand who, within the household, bears more the consequences of nutritional insecurity, both in terms of …

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple … caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn … lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income. The authors …

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple … caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn … lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income. The authors …

poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …

LAC by exploiting this new dataset, combined with the national household surveys. The authors estimate levels and patterns … of income, multidimensional non-monetary, and subjective deprivation for all countries in the region based on Gallup data …, and compare the results with those from household surveys. …

Poverty in Brazil and Chile; The Role of Transaction Costs in Explaining Economic Performance and Income Distribution: Some …

with the likelihood of being middle class. The example of Colombia illustrates that, while growing in size, this income …

intergenerational transmission of poverty in Latin America, drawing on a review of recent studies and empirical work done for this study …