This study is the first attempt to examine poverty transitions and their correlates in Hong
Kong, which has a high poverty rate despite being one of the world's wealthiest societies. By …

ABSTRACT Based on four decades, 1981-2016, of Hong Kong census data, the study
explored the income differences between local-born residents and migrants before and after …

Abstract Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since
2004–5, with a marked acceleration between 2009–10 and 2011–12. We employ new …

In this study, we propose a group‐based trajectory analysis to examine why and how people
fall into and out of poverty despite spiralling public expenditure on anti‐poverty policies. By …

China has seen an unprecedented increase in rural-to-urban migrants in the last three
decades, and the extension of welfare programmes to these migrants has been a public …

This study examines the patterns and determinants of multidimensional poverty and related
welfare interventions in Hong Kong. These patterns unveil which dimension or combinations …

The transitional economies of the Former Soviet Union have enjoyed an extraordinary
period of growth and poverty reduction between 2000 and 2007 and this occurred in …

This paper quantifies the contributions of different factors to poverty reduction observed in
Bangladesh, Peru and Thailand over the last decade. In contrast to methods that focus on …

The study of livelihood transitions is conducive to poverty reduction and rural development.
This study used three-wave panel data to quantitatively examine the livelihood transitions of …

Using the last three waves of the rural household surveys conducted by the Chinese
Household Income Project in 2007, 2013, and 2018, this paper focuses on changes in …