Search Results - subject_exact:"Poverty"

Hit the road Juan : welfare and labor market effects of high-quality roads in Ecuador

Bolivar, Osmar; Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Balthrop, … - 2026

Road infrastructure boosts economic opportunities and thus contributes to poverty alleviation. This paper investigates the causal impact of paved primary roads on poverty and income mobility in Ecuador, with particular attention to the mechanisms through which these effects materialize....

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The cost of informality in Brazilian wages : an updated discussion

Gomes, Magno; Souza, Solange; Mourão, Paulo; Silva, Otávio - 2026

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Careers of minimum wage workers

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Maiden, Louis - 2026

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Careers of minimum wage workers

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Maiden, Louis - 2025

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Poverty traps

Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Heil, Anton; … - 2026

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Rural America at a glance : 2025 edition

Farrigan, Tracey; Sanders, Austin; Miller, Lauren; … - 2026

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Household consumption expenditure determinants across poverty subgroups in Sub-Sahara Africa : evidence from the Ghanaian living standard survey

Agyepong, Lawrence; Kuuwill, Ametus; Kimengsi, Jude Ndzifon - 2026

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Long-term outcomes of multi-context childhood poverty : evidence from long panel data from Indonesia

Chen, Jiaying; Molato, Rhea; Park, Albert; Tan, Donnie-Paul - 2026

Which poverty context matters for long-term outcomes-family or community, economic or social? We construct a measure of poverty along these dimensions and analyze individual-level longitudinal data spanning 21 years in Indonesia to examine the long-term outcomes associated with different types...

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Social protection in Viet Nam : an updated overview

Dang, Hai-Anh; Do Minh - 2026

While Viet Nam has been remarkably successful in poverty reduction, the country is faced with various challenges ranging from uneven pockets of poverty, regional inequality, low labour productivity, and high informality rates, to a fast-ageing society. We offer an updated overview of the social...

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Social protection in Vietnam : an updated overview

Dang, Hai-Anh; Do Minh - 2026

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Electricity tariff and VAT reform in Ethiopia : welfare, poverty, and cost-of-living spillovers

Shahir, Adnan Abdulaziz; Lastunen, Jesse - 2026

Ethiopia initiated a major electricity sector reform in 2024, significantly increasing tariffs and introducing a value-added tax on electricity consumption to improve the financial sustainability of its stateowned utility. This study assesses the short-term distributional, sectoral, and...

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Climate change and multidimensional poverty : global, subnational, and household-level evidence

Castells-Quintana, David; Mukherjee, Manisha; Suppa, Nicolai - 2026

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of this century. This is more so for developing and least-developed countries, which have limited means of adaptation and a high proportion of vulnerable populations. We empirically study the interconnection between climate and...

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A new global subnational poverty and inequality database based on harmonized household surveys

Dang, Hai-Anh; Nguyen, Minh Cong; Brunckhorst, Ben James; … - 2026

Subnational data on household welfare helps identify and monitor locations with high concentration of poverty and inequality, resulting in more efficient policy interventions. Yet, very few global databases on poverty and inequality exist at the subnational level. Using the World Bank's Global...

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A new global subnational poverty and inequality database based on harmonized household surveys

Dang, Hai-Anh; Nguyen, Minh Cong; Brunckhorst, Ben James; … - 2026

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A new global subnational poverty and inequality database based on harmonized household surveys

Dang, Hai-Anh; Nguyen, Minh Cong; Brunckhorst, Ben James; … - 2026

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The middle class and vulnerability to income poverty : implications for social protection in the Philippines

Cabalfin, Deanne Lorraine D.; Albert, Jose Ramon; … - 2026

The Philippines aspires to become a predominantly middle-class society by 2040. Significant strides have been achieved in the reduction of extreme poverty. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of recent gains and the vulnerability of many households to economic shocks. This study...

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The effects of social pensions on monetary and time transfers among the poor

Olivera, Javier; Iparraguirre, Yadiraah - 2026

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Social protection in South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Oosthuizen, Morné - 2026

South Africa has a relatively well-developed social protection system for a middle-income country. Despite its roots in the country's racially discriminatory past, the system has been repurposed post-apartheid to address deep poverty and severe inequality. This paper explores key characteristics...

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Dreams and small means : career aspirations of children in the Philippine 4Ps Program

Melad, Kris Ann M.; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Diola, … - 2026

This study examines the career aspirations of economically disadvantaged Filipino children participating in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines' flagship conditional cash transfer program. Using data from 9,958 children aged 10 to 25 collected through the Fourth Wave...

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From poverty to possibility : unpacking the link between poverty and food insecurity in Pakistan

Saleh, Muhammad; Sarwar, Haroon; Arif, G. M. - 2026

This paper explores the link between poverty and food insecurity in Pakistan using household survey data and three measures of food insecurity-average calorie availability, minimum dietary energy requirement, and the perception-based Food Insecurity Experience Scale-at national, rural, and urban...

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Using distributional random forests for the analysis of the income distribution

Biewen, Martin; Glaisner, Stefan; Zeller, Simon - 2026

This paper explores distributional random forests as a flexible machine learning method for analysing income distributions. Distributional random forests avoid parametric assumptions, capture complex interactions among covariates, and, once trained, provide full estimates of conditional income...

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Using distributional random forests for the analysis of the income distribution

Biewen, Martin; Glaisner, Stefan - 2025

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Regional disparities in poverty : scope and limitations of government reports in Germany and the United Kingdom

Knabe, Andreas; Koevel, Arne; Klärner, Andreas - 2026

Governments need in-depth knowledge of poverty levels and how they vary by region because place and context matter for determining the shape and impact of poverty and adjusting regional policies to effectively combat it. However, there is no standard approach for reporting poverty levels or...

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Unconditional transfers under fiscal federalism : distributional trade-offs in Switzerland

Oschwald, Patrick; Anderl, Robin; Kirn, Tanja - 2026

This article examines how Switzerland's decentralized welfare structure shapes the outcomes of Basic Income reforms. Using SWISSMOD, a static microsimulation model based on EUROMOD, we simulate unconditional transfer schemes of varying generosity at federal and cantonal levels, combined with...

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The entanglement of attitudes toward inequality : the theoretical background and measurement for the EU countries in 2021

Kot, Stanisław Maciej - 2025

This paper assumes two kinds of social planners who evaluate income distributions concerning social welfare, economic inequality and poverty. The first kind of social planner, SPε , comprises averters to income inequality as measured by the normative parameter ε. The second kind of social...

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The entanglement of attitudes toward inequality: The theoretical background and measurement for the EU countries in 2021

Kot, Stanisław Maciej - 2025

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Climate variability, crop diversification and rural household welfare : evidence from Senegal

Faye, Adama; Abdulai, Awudu; Ali, Williams; Abbey, … - 2025

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Inequality and poverty in Spain : insights from a regional convergence analysis

Apergēs, Nikolaos; Delgado, Francisco J.; … - 2025

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Portuguese households on a tightrope : income vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic

Matos, Cristina Soeiro - 2025

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Organizational engagement with poverty : a review and reorientation

Soundararajan, Vivek; Sahasranamam, Sreevas; Rogerson, … - 2025

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Living income measurement methods : a comparative study and application to cocoa farmers in Cameroon

Covarrubias, Katia; De la O Campos, Ana Paula; Akamin, … - 2025

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Macroeconomic policy and policy spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic : case studies from Germany, Brazil and India

Conti, Bruno de; Herr, Hansjörg; Jha, Praveen; … - 2025

Theoretical analysis, empirical development and case studies show that room to manoeuvre stabilising macroeconomic policies during the COVID-19 crisis in the years 2020 and 2021 were fundamentally different in the Global South and Global North. The latter used extensive discretionary fiscal and...

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Weathering challenges : distributional impacts of climatic shocks on household consumption in Mozambique

Justino, Patricia; Monteiro, Gabriel Facundes; … - 2025

Mozambique is highly vulnerable to climate change. It faces frequent cyclones, floods, and droughts while having limited revenue collection capacity and social protection programmes. This paper assesses the distributional effects of climate shocks on household consumption and explores adaptation...

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Social protection in times of conflict : evidence from Ethiopia

Caeiro, Rute Martins; Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel; Justino, … - 2025

This paper examines the role of social protection in mitigating the adverse effects of conflict on household welfare. We assess the impact of a graduation intervention linked to Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme, focusing on Amhara, a region severely affected by the Tigray conflict....

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Effects of recurrent rainfall shocks on poverty and income distribution in rural Ecuador

Llerena Pinto, María Cristhina; Mirzabaev, Alisher; … - 2025

Climate change is associated with an increasing frequency of extreme weather events, which can severely reduce people's welfare, especially in the Global South. Here, we analyse the impacts of rainfall shocks - including lacking and excessive rains - on economic and social outcomes, using...

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Does teacher job satisfaction and stress mediate the relationship between accountability and student achievement? : evidence from high-poverty schools in South Africa

Hofmeyr, Heleen; Wills, Gabrielle - 2025

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Income distribution : signs of a trend reversal in the poverty risk : single parents less frequently at risk of poverty

Grabka, Markus M. - 2025

Despite high inflation, the real gross hourly wages of employees grew by around 15 percent from 1995 to 2022. In particular, the lowest wage decile caught back up to all other deciles following a sharp drop in real wages. At the same time, the low-wage sector has shrunk by nearly five percentage...

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Income distribution: Signs of a trend reversal in the poverty risk; single parents less frequently at risk of poverty

Grabka, Markus M. - 2025

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The interplay of poverty and employment trajectories in couples around the transition to parenthood in Germany

Siegert, Christina - 2025

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The interplay of poverty and employment trajectories in couples around the transition to parenthood in Germany

Siegert, Christina - 2025

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Guaranteed employment in rural India : intra-household labor and resource allocation consequences

García, Jorge Luis - 2025

I investigate the intra-household labor and resource allocation consequences of an employment guarantee targeting rural households in India. The guarantee insures household earnings, replacing women as added workers and shutting down a motive for saving. Despite sizable program-job take-up, the...

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Guaranteed Employment in Rural India: Intra-Household Labor and Resource Allocation Consequences

García, Jorge Luis - 2025

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Empirical analysis of child labour, household poverty, and child health in Ghana

Adabor, Opoku - 2025

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Selection criteria and targeting the poor for poverty reduction : the case of social safety nets in Sri Lanka

Deepawansa, Diana Dilshanie; Dunusinghe, Priyanga - 2025

Reducing poverty and improving the living standards of the poor and vulnerable populations in Sri Lanka have been one of the country's key goals. The government has designed poverty-targeting programs with relevant government agencies working to support low-income families. The programs include...

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Poverty and sustainable development goals, regulation and governance

Gomes, Rui Augusto - 2025

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Enhancing public works programmes : sustainable impact through participatory asset creation and digitalisation

Burchi, Francesco; Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu - 2025

Public works programmes (PWPs) are widely used social protection instruments in low- and middle-income countries. Participants carry out temporary, labour-intensive works in exchange for cash or in-kind compensation. The available empirical evidence indicates that these programmes are usually...

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Global food security impacts of extreme weather events and occurrence of breadbasket failures

Martin, Will; Nia, Reza; Vos, Rob - 2025

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Graduating from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme : what have we learned?

Hirvonen, Kalle; Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; Berhane, Guush; … - 2025

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Rapid economic growth but rising poverty segregation : will Vietnam meet the SDGs for equitable development?

Dang, Hai-Anh; Dhongde, Shatakshee; Do Minh; Cuong Viet … - 2025

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Rapid economic growth but rising poverty segregation : will Vietnam meet the SDGs for equitable development?

Dang, Hai-Anh; Dhongde, Shatakshee; Do Minh; Cuong Viet … - 2023

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Rapid economic growth but rising poverty segregation : will Vietnam meet the SDGs for equitable development?

Dang, Hai-Anh; Dhongde, Shatakshee; Do Minh; Cuong Viet … - 2023

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Rapid Economic Growth But Rising Poverty Segregation : Will Vietnam Meet the Sdgs for Equitable Development?

Dang, Hai-Anh; Dhongde, Shatakshee; Do Minh; Cuong Viet … - 2023

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Ten findings about poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

Chang, Jillie; Evans, David K.; Rivas Herrera, Carolina - 2025

Approximately one in three people in Latin America and the Caribbean live in poverty, and one in seven in extreme poverty. This paper provides an overview of who the poor are and how they live, using 18 recent household surveys from the region. It examines (1) how many people are poor, (2) how...

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Ten findings about poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

Chang, Jillie; Evans, David K.; Rivas Herrera, Carolina - 2025

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Ten findings about poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

Chang, Jillie; Evans, David K.; Rivas Herrera, Carolina - 2024

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Employing data imputation to track poverty and welfare trends over extended time periods : an application to a poorer country

Dang, Hai-Anh; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2025

Obtaining comparable poverty estimates over time is critical for monitoring poverty trends and informing effective poverty reduction policies. Yet hardly any developing countries could construct consistent poverty trends over extended time periods due to changes to the consumption survey...

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The effects of minimum wage increases on poverty and food hardship

Lehner, Lukas; Massenbauer, Hannah; Parolin, Zachary; … - 2025

We study how minimum wage (MW) increases affect poverty and food hardship in the United States from 1981 to 2019. Applying stacked difference-in-difference models and the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), we find that a $1 MW increase reduces poverty by 0.3 to 0.7 percentage points among all...

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From model misspecification to multidimensional welfare : a conversation with Professor Esfandiar Maasoumi

2025

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Hungry no more? : the joint impact of minimum wages and the earned income tax credit on food insecurity

Lenhart, Otto; Chakraborty, Kalyan - 2025

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Why do famines still occur in the 21st century? : a review on the causes of extreme food insecurity

Tezanos Vázquez, Sergio - 2025

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Generosity and effectiveness of catastrophic medical insurance in the People's Republic of China

Müller, Armin - 2025

In the 2000s, the Government of the People's Republic of China extended basic health insurance to most of the population. In the 2010s, it introduced a catastrophic medical insurance (CMI) program to further improve urban and rural residents' protection against financial shocks due to inpatient...

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From MDGs to SDGs : understanding progress in child stunting in Asia

Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Ramachandran, Rajesh - 2025

At the conclusion of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) campaign in 2015, stunting among under 5-year-olds remained a major challenge in South Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia lagging behind-a phenomenon known as the "Asian enigma." This paper revisits the issue, focusing on...

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The price of poverty : inequality and the strategic use of clientelism in divided democracies

Cendales, Andrés; Guerrero Sierra, Hugo Fernando; … - 2025

This article investigates the political cost of poverty in democracies marked by deep social divisions. We develop a probabilistic voting model that incorporates clientelism as a strategic tool employed by elite political parties to secure electoral support from non-elite voters. Unlike models...

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Tajikistan's agrifood system : the past performance and future opportunities and challenges

Diao, Xinshen; Khakimov, Parviz; Ashurov, Timur; Aliev, … - 2025

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