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Poverty among older people in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author(s) -
Gasparini Leonardo,
Alejo Javier,
Haimovich Francisco,
Olivieri Sergio,
Tornarolli Leopoldo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1539
Subject(s) - microdata (statistics) , latin americans , poverty , pension , older people , development economics , economic growth , population , poverty reduction , geography , demographic economics , socioeconomics , economics , political science , demography , gerontology , sociology , medicine , census , finance , law
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 © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.