Household Size and Poverty

Fusco, Alessio; Islam, Nizamul

doi:10.1108/s1049-258520200000028006

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“…Contrarily, single households among the elderly population are connected with a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion. Therefore, research on household size and poverty should emphasize other socioeconomic variables and household structure (Fusco & Islam, 2020;Lanjouw & Ravallion, 1995). As expected, our results show that households with a higher number of members with income play a positive effect on subjective income.…”

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Self-Perceived Financial Sufficiency of the Elderly Population in Croatia

Žmuk,

Ivanda

2023

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Subjective income, as measured by self-perceived financial sufficiency, is a critical determinant of well-being, including an individual's health and quality of life. This study investigates self-perceived financial sufficiency among the elderly population in Croatia and its demographic and socioeconomic correlates, drawing on data from a 2022 survey conducted as part of the SENIOR2030 project. Our findings reveal significant variations in self-perceived financial sufficiency across Croatian regions, age groups, duration of working life and other socioeconomic factors, with household characteristics playing an important role. Additionally, we found that objective income is positively associated with self-perceived financial sufficiency among the elderly in Croatia. As Croatia's population ages and single-person households become more prevalent, understanding how the elderly perceive their financial status and its impact on their quality of life is becoming increasingly important. While objective and subjective measures of income differ, both have significant and sometimes diverse effects on behaviour and well-being. Research surveys often use questions about self-perceived financial sufficiency, providing valuable insights for informing public policies aimed at improving the well-being of the elderly population. Our findings contribute to the growing literature on the importance of subjective measures of income and their relationship with well-being among the elderly with some comparable results identified in other European countries.

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Self-Perceived Financial Sufficiency of the Elderly Population in Croatia

Žmuk,

Ivanda

2023

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“…Usually, there is a positive relation between a large family size and the household poverty level. The empirical analysis also shows that a household is poor if it has a large family size (Fusco & Islam, 2020). Whereas number of earners does not play a statistically significant role to improve the poverty status of the household.…”

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Is information communication technology and women empowerment helping to alleviate poverty in Pakistan?

Ahsan

Afzal

2022

Lib. Arts Soc. Sci. Int. J.

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The study investigates the role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and women empowerment in reducing Pakistan's poverty by make use of the Household Integrated Economic Survey 2018-19. The poverty situation of a country, when defined through different poverty bands, has significant policy implications as categorizing people into different poverty bands helps in targeted policy initiatives for these groups. The five levels of the poor defined for this research are (extremely poor, deeply poor, poor, vulnerable, and marginally poor). To analyze the determinants of poverty Probit model has been used, whereas for targeted policy implication, quantile regression has been employed. The empirical results reveal that ICT has a significant role in alleviating poverty. Access to the internet plays a significant role in reducing poverty by rendering job and entrepreneurial opportunities. It helps the rural population keep abreast with the latest information and developments. Further, women empowerment has a significant impact on improving the living standard of a household, and the impact is strong for marginally poor households as compared to extremely poor households. Finally, other control variables like human capital and the experience of the household head also play a significant role in helping the households to improve their poverty state.

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“…In these models, state dependence is measured as the APE of the lagged poverty status. Recent applications include Fabrizi and Mussida (2021) who assess the extent of genuine state dependence by estimating a correlated random effects probit model with endogenous initial conditions (see also Fusco & Islam, 2020). The approach has been extended in several ways.…”

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Measuring poverty persistence

Fusco¹,

Kerm²

2023

Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation

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This chapter reviews the literature on the measurement of poverty persistence. The review has two parts. We first cover the literature on poverty persistence indicators which develops "principled", descriptive summary measures. We then review the econometric literature which teases out the determinants of poverty persistence. Finally, we describe the challenges and limitations the literature on poverty persistence face.

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Household Size and Poverty

Cited by 8 publications

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Self-Perceived Financial Sufficiency of the Elderly Population in Croatia

Self-Perceived Financial Sufficiency of the Elderly Population in Croatia

Is information communication technology and women empowerment helping to alleviate poverty in Pakistan?

Measuring poverty persistence

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