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Poverty among older people in Latin America and the Caribbean

✍ Scribed by Leonardo Gasparini; Javier Alejo; Francisco Haimovich; Sergio Olivieri; Leopoldo Tornarolli

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
429 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0954-1748

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This paper provides evidence on the incidence of poverty among older people in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), based on household survey microdata from 20 countries. The situation of older people is characterised in terms of income, education, health and access to services vis‐à‐vis the rest of the population. The paper identifies the role played by the current pension systems in LAC, and assesses the efforts needed to achieve substantial improvements towards the reduction of old age poverty. Copyright Β© 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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