This is deceptive, however, because when housing costs are considered the number of recently arrived migrant income units from non-English-speaking countries with incomes below the poverty line rises to 18 000 or 12.3. per cent, which is nearly double the overall figure of 6.7 per cent for all adult income units. On an after-housing basis these recently arrived migrants represent 6.9 per cent o...

The official poverty rate for American children rose during the 1970s and 1980s and fell during the 1990s, but it was still significantly higher in 1999 than in 1969. Since the poverty line is supposed to represent a fixed standard of living, these change in child poverty imply that low-income children’s standard of living was lower in 1999 than in 1969. We test this hypothesis using data on ho...

Malaria is endemic in India and its control has become a formidable task. The Planning Commission of the Government of India estimates that 26.1% of the population of India lives below the poverty line. We have examined during 1999–2000, the status of malaria since 1965 in states below the poverty line. Reduction in poverty to about half since 1970 resulted in improvement in the situation in we...

Textbook analysis tells us that in a competitive labor market, the introduction of a minimum wage above the competitive equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in terms of poverty rather than in terms of unemployment. Second, we extend the standard textbook model ...

The paper examines the linkages between gender of household heads, education and household poverty in Nigeria between 1980 and 1996. Data analyzed were obtained from four national consumer expenditure surveys conducted in Nigeria in 1980, 1985, 1992 and 1996 by the Federal Office of Statistics. Adjustments were made for price differentials over time and across regions of the country. However, o...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that persons with severe psychiatric disorders are more likely to be poor and face disparities in education and employment outcomes. Poverty rates, the standard measure of poverty, give no information on how far below the poverty line this group falls. AIMS OF THE STUDY This paper compares the poverty rate, poverty depth (distance from the poverty line) ...

Although a large academic literature has discussed why the poverty rate is a poor summary index of trends in poverty, it is still used in much applied policy analysis. This paper begins by summarizing briefly why poverty intensity is a better measure of poverty. Using Luxembourg Income Study data on trends in poverty since the 1970s in Sweden, Canada, the USA and UK, it demonstrates that in abo...

Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on health care has significant implications for poverty in many developing countries. This paper aims to assess the differential impact of OOP expenditure and its components, such as expenditure on inpatient care, outpatient care and on drugs, across different income quintiles, between developed and less developed regions in India. It also attempts to measure pov...

April 2009 OVERVIEW The number of U.S. children living in poverty increased in 2007—continuing an upward trend dating back to 2000: In 2007, 13.3 million children were living in poverty, up from 11.6 million children in 2000. The percentage of children living in families with incomes below the poverty line has increased from 16.2 percent in 2000 to 18.0 percent in 2007. Thus, a large number of ...

of Punjab. Primary data have been obtained through interviews held with farmers during the various research projects and peers.. Results and Discussions Poverty Status At the time of independence, the country faced twin nutritional problems threat of famine and acute starvation, and chronic under nutrition. Former existed due to the lack of national and regional food security systems. The latte...