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Poverty Among The Elderly: An Application of a Collective Consumption Model in Brazil.
- Source :
- Social Indicators Research; Sep2022, Vol. 163 Issue 2, p925-951, 27p, 8 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The growth of the elderly population and changes in household composition raise important questions regarding the level of well-being of the elderly in developing countries. Traditional analyses of poverty often ignore the question of intra-household distribution of resources. This paper is the first to apply a collective consumption model to analyze the level of well-being of the elderly in Brazil. Our results indicate that living in a couple is associated with considerable economies of scale and that wive's shares are increasing as total expenditures increase. We find that, in Brazil, elderly women experience a considerable decrease in material well-being when living alone, compared to elderly men. Finally, we conclude that disregarding the intra-household distribution of resources results in both underestimates and overestimates poverty among the elderly in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CONSUMPTION (Economics)
OLDER men
OLDER women
OLDER people
LIVING alone
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03038300
- Volume :
- 163
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Social Indicators Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158654659
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02932-7