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Who is Poorer?: Poverty by Age in the Developing World

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dc.contributor.authorEvans, Brooks
dc.contributor.authorPalacios, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T20:24:31Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T20:24:31Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description.abstractThis note shows that based on headcount poverty rates, at the household level, households with elderly members are roughly equally poor to non-elderly households, though with variation when using more detailed compositions, and the elderly are less poor than children in 98 percent of the countries sampled when comparing different age groups. Further, as a share of the poor, elderly average only 10 percent, children 36 percent, and adults 54 percent. Moderate equivalence adjustments result in a four percentage point change in the number of countries with children better off than elderly. (A separate note provides detailed sensitivity analysis). These results can be seen as a starting point for further analysis that would look at the reasons behind differences between countries as well as age sub-groups within countries. The findings provide preliminary evidence that households with elderly, and especially elderly individuals are often not the most poor. The analysis is relevant to countries considering new policies or reforms of existing programs targeting particular age groups, such as the elderly or children.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26567326/poorer-poverty-age-developing-world
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/24992
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24992
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectASSESSMENT
dc.subjectFINANCE
dc.subjectGROWTH
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectpoverty line
dc.subjectelderly
dc.subjectpoverty rates
dc.subjectpensions
dc.titleWho is Poorer?en
dc.title.subtitlePoverty by Age in the Developing Worlden
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
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okr.crossref.titleWho is Poorer?
okr.date.disclosure2016-07-13
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T10:35:45.984967Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Policy Note
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26567326/poorer-poverty-age-developing-world
okr.guid320521468406307256
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08447f917_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum26567326
okr.identifier.report106888
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okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Diagnostics
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty and Policy
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Pensions & Retirement Systems
okr.unitSocial Protection & Labor Global Practice; Poverty and Equity Global Practice
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