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DIFFERENCES IN THE DETERMINANTS OF ELDERLY AND NON-ELDERLY POVERTY

Studies on Economic Well-Being: Essays in the Honor of John P. Formby

ISBN: 978-0-76231-136-1, eISBN: 978-1-84950-292-4

Publication date: 15 December 2004

Abstract

In recent years a great deal of time and resources have been devoted to understanding poverty in general and elderly poverty in particular. This paper uses a panel data set spanning the years 1980–2001 to investigate the impact of certain economic and demographic factors on overall, non-elderly, and elderly poverty. We also investigate the robustness of income-only poverty measures when the threshold income level is altered.

Citation

Hoover, G.A. (2004), "DIFFERENCES IN THE DETERMINANTS OF ELDERLY AND NON-ELDERLY POVERTY", Bishop, J.A. and Amiel, Y. (Ed.) Studies on Economic Well-Being: Essays in the Honor of John P. Formby (Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 12), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 395-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(04)12016-4

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